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militate

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to work against, to have weight or effect

“his boyish appearancemilitatedagainst his getting an early promotion”

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minutia

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trivial details,

the President should focus on broader policies and leave the minutia to the state ministers

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meticulous

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showing great attention to details, very careful.

syn : Fastidious.

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mettle

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a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience.
syn: Fortitude
“the team showed their true mettle in the second half”

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mettlesome

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(of a person or animal) full of spirit and courage; lively.

“their horses were beasts of burden, not mettlesome chargers”

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minuscule

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very small

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minatory

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threatening, menacing

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misanthrope

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someone who hates humanity

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microcosm

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small world having analogies with the larger world / a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.
“atoms and electrons being a representation of the universe.”
Sent : “The village is a microcosm of the whole country. The game was a microcosm of the entire season.”

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meteorological

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concern with the weather

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melliable

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bendable, easy to shape, impressionable

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maverick

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an unorthodox or independent-minded person.

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megalomania

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obsession with the exercise of power.
“egomaniac might be self-centered and overconfident but he’s a little softy compared with the megalomaniac who wants to control the world.”

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mendacious

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not telling the truth; lying.

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mendicant

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begger, a person who begs for everything, a monk is mendicant. monk type of begger.

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meretricious

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specious, plausible but false.

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mesmerize

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to hypnotize

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metamorphosis

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change, transformation. a change of physical form.

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metaphysics

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branch of philosophy that studies the ultimate nature of reality

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menagerie

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a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

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malinger

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to feign illness to escape duty

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malign

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speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

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magnanimity

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generosity, nobility

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maelstrom

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turmoil, whirlpool,: a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius

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machination

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a plot or scheme

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lusturous

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shiny

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lucid

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clearly, transparent, bright, expressed clearly, and easy to understand.
lucid dreaming

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luminous

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bright, glowing

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lucre

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money, especially when regarded as sordid or gained in a dishonorable way.
sordid -> dishonest actions

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machiavellian

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cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics.

unscrupulous(un-screw-piu-lous) -> having no moral principles

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libido

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sexual desire

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limn

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1: to draw or paint on a surface
The artist limned a portrait.
2: to outline in clear sharp detail : DELINEATE
he was limned by a streetlight
— Stephen Coonts
3: DESCRIBE
the novel limns the frontier life of the settlers

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limpid

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clear, transparent.

“The Limid waters of the ocean”

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liliputian

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very small

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linguistic

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pertaining to language

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litany

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a tedious recital or repetitive series., a repetitive chant

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literati

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scholarly, well-educated people who are interested in literature.
syn : highbrows. intellectuals. academics. scholars.

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litigation

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legar processings

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log

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record

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loquatious

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talkitive

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41
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levity

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  1. light attitude.
  2. the treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect.
    sen -> “as an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop”
    connotation -> levity has a mildly positive connotation. However, it is also frequently used in sentences that have a negative connotation, like, “Now is not the time for levity.” The word itself is positive, though. “He brought a little levity to the situation”, implies that the humor was welcome.
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levee

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an embarkment to prevent river water from overflowing

43
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luad

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to praise

44
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lastitude

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lethargic

45
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lethargic

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inactive

46
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lambaste

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verbal attack, reprimand, rebuke, reprove

47
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libertine

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playboy, a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.

48
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liberal

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generous, tolerant

49
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latent

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: dormant, (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.
: present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic.
“ A latent infection”

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lascivious

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lustful

51
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kudos

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glory, honor, fame

52
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juxtapose

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place side by side

53
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laconic

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using few words

54
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liable

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likely to change

55
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junta

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group of people united in politics

56
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juggernaut

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huge force destroying everything in its path

57
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jocose

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joking, jocular, playful

58
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jibe

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to be in agreement

59
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jaundiced

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yellow coloration of skin and eyes

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itineary

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route of a travellers journey

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inundate

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overwhelm

62
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inured

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accustomed to a situation specially a bad one

63
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invective

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virtipurate, fulminate, harague, trite, diatribe

VITUPERATION implies fluent and sustained abuse
INVECTIVE implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation.
OBLOQUY suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace
FULMINATE :to send forth censures or invectives

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inviegh

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verbal attacl

65
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inveigle

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to disapprove

66
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irascrible

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easily angerable

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itinerant

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wandering from place to place, unsettled

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irresolute

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unsure of how to act, weak

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invidious

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offensive

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inveterate

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confirmed, long standing, deeply rooted

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introspective

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contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings

72
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intransigence

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stubbornness , refuse to compromise

73
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intractable

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not easily managed

74
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intimate

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close acquaintance

75
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interpolate

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to insert

76
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intangible

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not material

77
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insuperable

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(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome.
“insuperable financial problems”
syn : insurmountable , unconquerable

78
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interdict

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an authoritative prohibition.

prohibit or forbid (something).

79
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internecine

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destructive to both sides in a conflict.

“the region’s history of savage internecine warfare”

80
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interregnum

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a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes.
an interval or pause between two periods of office or other things.
“the interregnum between the discovery of radioactivity and its detailed understanding”

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insipid

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dull, lacking favour

82
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insouciant

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indiffernt

83
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insularity

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ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience / narrow mindedness.

84
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insinuate

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to suggest

85
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insensible

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unresponsive

86
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innocuous

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harmless

87
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inherent

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existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
,
syn : intrinsic , innate,ingrain

88
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ingenuous

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naive , trusting

89
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inert

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sluggish

90
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ineluctable

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inevitable

91
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indolent

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habitually lazy

92
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indigence

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poverty , a state of extreme poverty; destitution.

93
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indeterminate

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uncertain

94
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incursion

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sudden invasion

95
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incorporate

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combine, introduce one thing into another thing that is already in existence

96
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inconsequential

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insignificant, unimportant

97
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inchoate

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just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
“inchoate thoughts”

98
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incarnate

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having bodily form

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incongruity

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state of no fitting

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inadvertently

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carelessly , unintentionally

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