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1
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abase

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to humiliate

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abash

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to embarrass/ to shame

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acquisitive

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greedy

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acquit

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to find not guilty

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agenda

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program

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aggrandize

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to exaggerate

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amorous

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feeling love; passionate

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amorphous

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shapeless, irregular

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appalling

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to cause horror

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apparition

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a ghost/ ghostly object

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arrears

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unpaid debts; the state of being in debt

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arsenal

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a facility for storing or producing armaments

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auxiliary

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giving assistance or aid; secondary; additional

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avail

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to help; to be of use; to serve

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belligerent

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hostile, combative

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bemoan

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to mourn; to lament

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brawn

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big muscles; great strength

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brazen

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impudent; bold

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capitulate

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to surrender

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capricious

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unpredictable

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cherub

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a super cute child

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chicanery

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trickery

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cognitive

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recognizing

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cognizant

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perceptive, conscious

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concurrent

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occurring or existing simultaneously

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condescend

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to act as if superior; to stoop or deign to do something

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contiguous

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adjoining/adjacent

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contingent

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dependant

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covet

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to wish for enviously

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cower

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to shrink away or huddle up in fear

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decorous

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proper; well-mannered

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decree

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an official order, usually having the force of law

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denote

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a mark or sign of; indicate

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denounce

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to condemn, criticize

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dire

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disastrous; desperate

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dirge

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a funeral song

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dissonant

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inharmonious

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dissuade

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to persuade not to

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edict

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an official decree

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edifice

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a big, imposing building

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encroach

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to trespass; to invade

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endear

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to make dear, esteemed, or beloved

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estimable

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worthy of admiration; capable of being estimated

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estrange

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to make unfriendly or hostile; to cause to feel removed from

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expulsion

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exclusion; forcing out, exile

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expunge

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to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate

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fetish

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an object of obsessive reverence, attention, or interest

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fetter

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to restrain

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foster

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to promote the growth or development of

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founder

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to fail; to sink

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grievous

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tragic; agonizing; severe

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grimace

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to make a sharp contortion of the face

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idiom

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an expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words

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idiosyncrasy

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peculiarity

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inalienable

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sacred; incapable of being transferred, lost, or taken away

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inane

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silly; senseless

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infer

A

to conclude

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infinitesimal

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infinitely small

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integral

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essential; indispensible

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interim

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meantime; an intervening time; a temporary arrangement

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judicious

A

exercising sound judgment

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junta

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a small group ruling the country after a coup d’etat

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lugubrious

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exaggeratedly mournful

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luminous

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giving off light

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mentor

A

teacher

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mercenary

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a hired soldier

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nemesis

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unconquerable opponent; one who seeks revenge to right a wrong

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neologism

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new word

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ominous

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threatening; menacing; portending doom

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omniscient

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all-knowing; having infinite wisdom

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paranoia

A

unreasonable anxiety

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pernicious

A

extremely evil

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perpetrator

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the one who committed the act

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porous

A

filled with many tiny holes

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portent

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omen

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presuppose

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to assume beforehand

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prevail

A

to triumph

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protocol

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diplomatic etiquette and customs

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protract

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to prolong (make longer)

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quixotic

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foolish romantic

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quizzical

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teasing; mocking; questioning; inquisitive

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reiterate

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to say again

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relegate

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to banish

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reticent

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restrained

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retort

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to reply to

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sarcasm

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irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant

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sardonic

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mocking

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slander

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spoken injurious falsehood

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stoic

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indifferent to pain, pleasure

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stolid

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not easily roused to emotion; impassive; apathetic; phlegmatic

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suppress

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to overpower; to subdue; to quash

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surfeit

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excess

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thesis

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a theory to be proven

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thorny

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full of difficulties; tough; painful

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underlying

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basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny

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undermine

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to impair; to subvert (lessen the effectiveness of); to weaken by excavating underneath

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vicissitude

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a change or variation (as in ups and downs in life)

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vie

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to strive in competition or rivalry with another

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wrath

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deep anger; fury

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zealous

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fervent; fervid; impassioned; passionate

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