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Auspicious

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Adj
Promising success
Syn-propitious

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Entailment

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N

Limited inheritance

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Edification

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N

Promote moral improvement

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Obstreperous

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Adj

To clamor against

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Philippic

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N
Long verbal attack
Syn- rebuke tirade

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Volition

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N

Power to make own decisions

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Temerity

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N

The quality of being confident or unafraid of danger in a bad way

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Feral

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Adj

Wild savage fierce or animal like

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Sordid

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Adj

Very bad and dishonest

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Pinion

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N. V
To fasten or bind
Fastener

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Stolid

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Adj

Showing little or no emotion

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allegiance

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loyalty or devotion to a person, group, or cause

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cease

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to stop doing something

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concensus

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general agreement

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crucial

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extremely significant or important

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gallant

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brave, spirited, nobleminded, magnificant

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grapple

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to seize another in a firm grip, wrestle

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mortify

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to embarras

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trepidation

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fear and hesitation

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variable

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SOMETHING that can be changed or is inconsistant

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wane

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to decrease in stregnth

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ambigous

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unclear

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capacity

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the maximum amount or number that can be recieved

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conventional

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traditional

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diffusion

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the scattering or combining of particles or people

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elite

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the best and most skilled

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fervently

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done with great intensity

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indigenous

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native to or originated from

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sanctuary

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a place where one is safe or holy

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morale

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the spirit of a group that makes them want to succeed

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egocentric

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centered around yourself

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hoi polloi

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the many

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feign

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to pretend or fake something

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impeach

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to accuse someone in high office

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Illuminate

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To brighten or fill with light

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Lugubrious

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Excessively mournful or gloomy

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Juxtaposition

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The placement of two triumphs side by side

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Magistrate

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A judge in a court that handles smaller cases

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Macabre

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Having to do with death or horror

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Nostalgia

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A bittersweet longing of things from the past

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Xenophobic

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A unreasonable fear or foreign things

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Isthmus

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A narrow strip of land bordered by water that connects two larger land masses

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Flibbertigibbet

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A fool or silly person

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes people or society

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Balderdash

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Stupid, meaningless talk or writing

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Acme

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The highest point or pinochle

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Abate

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To reduce in amount

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Belligerent

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Argumentative or aggressive in behavior

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Elated

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Happy or overjoyed

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Emancipate

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To set free or let go

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Immobile

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Incapable of moving around

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Lachrymose

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Wanting or tending to cry

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Meticulous

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Detail oriented or careful

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Ordeal

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A terribly difficult nor trialsome experience

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Sovereign

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A monarch, king, or ruler

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Stipulate

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To require demand as part of a agreement

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Stride

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To walk with vigor

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Surreptitiously

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Obtained, done, or made secret or stealth

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Tirade

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A verbal bashing

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Vehemently

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Strenuously, forcefully, or with intensity

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Atrophy

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A wasting away of an organ or body part due to disuse

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Catalyst

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Something that creates a change

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Cynical

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Distrustful of the motives of others, sarcastic or pessimistic

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Entrepreneur

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Aperson who starts their own business

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Exertion

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Strenuous effort

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Insidious

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Appearing to be innocent, but really deadly

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Obfuscate

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To confuse

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Retail

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The sale of goods to an individual

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Vivacious

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Full of life and spirit

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Wholesale

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The sale of good good from a factory or production company to a store for resale to the public

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beseech

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to beg or plead

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copious

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plentiful

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cower

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to draw back in fear

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fester

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to become infected

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fortutious

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to happen by chance or accident

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gravity

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the severity or a situation

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heerogenous

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consistingof many different parts or kinds, many dissimilar elements

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impair

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to make worse

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justify

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to show to be just or right

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languish

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to become weak or feeble

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raze

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to tear down or demolish

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regresion

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returining to a former state

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secede

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to break away or withdraw from

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torrent

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a rushing, flooding, unceasing stream or water

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wrest

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to pull away or take by violence

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confront

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to face boldly

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friction

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dissension or conflicts between people

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futile

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incapeable of produciong any result

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indifferent

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showing no interest or concern

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inert

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unable to move or act

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intrusive

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invading someone’s privacy

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sylvan

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pertaining to or inhabiting the woods

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ultimatum

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a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a arty to a dispute

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volatile

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quickly changing or fluctuating

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gaffe

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a blunder or socially embarrasing mistake

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defunct

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not operating or functioning

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herculean

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of extraordinary power or intensity

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pulchritudinous

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beautiful

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logjam

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a blockage deadlock or impasse

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lilliputian

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extremely small or tiny

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bona fide

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real, authentic

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interminable

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never-ending

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Assuage

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V

To lessen intensity of or ease

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Taciturn

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Adj
Disenclined to talk
Reticent-syn

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Vapid

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Adj
Lacking liveliness
Insipid-syn

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Predilection

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N

In favor of something before knowledge of it

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Nebulous

A

Adj

Hazy or vague

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Condescension

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N
A patronizing additive
Syn-patronizing

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Pestilence

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N

Epidemic disease

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Ascertain

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V

To learn by investigation got examining

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Aberration

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N

Unexpected departure from normal

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Lineament

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Distinctive shape of body

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Umbrage

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N

Feeling of annoyance or displeasure

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Rectitude

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N

Moral integrity

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Interdict

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V. N

To prohibit or forbid

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Palliation

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N

Hiding seriousness with excuses

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Cantankerous

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Adj

Bad temper argumentative

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Corroborate

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V

To support with evidence or authority

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Glean

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V

To gather

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Acrimonious

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Adj

Bitter in feeling language or manner

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Mollify

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V

To soothe in temper or disposition

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