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Vocab List 5 Flashcards

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fortuitous

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lucky

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opportune

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lucky

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propitious

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lucky

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serendipity

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lucky

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despair

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x lucky

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hapless

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X lucky

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wretched

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X lucky

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adversity

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pain/ suffering

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afflictions

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pain/ suffering

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mishap

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pain/ suffering

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ordeals

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pain/ suffering

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trials

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pain/ suffering

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tribulation

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pain/ suffering

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hindsight

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remembering the past

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nostalgia

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remembering the past

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reminiscence

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remembering the past

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retrospect

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remembering the past

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wistful

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remembering the past

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chauvinism

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excessive patriotism (-)

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fanatic

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excessive patriotism (-)

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jingoism

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excessive patriotism (-)

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zealot

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excessive patriotism (-)

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deluge

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a great quantity

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drench

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a great quantity

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inundate

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a great quantity

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arable

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fertile

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fecund

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fertile

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verdant

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fertile

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barren

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X fertile

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exorbitant

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very high price (-)

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gouging

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very high price (-)

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prohibitive

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very high price (-)

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bankrupt

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poor

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destitute

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poor

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impecunious

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poor

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impoverish

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poor

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indigent

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poor

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insolvent

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poor

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mendicant

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poor

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pouper

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poor

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penury

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poor

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solvent

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x poor

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opulent

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wealthy

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affluent

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wealthy

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accretion

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increase

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aggrandize

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increase

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augment

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increase

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dilate

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increase

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enhance

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increase

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proliferate

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increase

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wax

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increase

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amalgamate

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combine

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coalition

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combine

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confate

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combine

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meld

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combine

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synthesis

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combine

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constrict

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reduce

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contract

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reduce

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curtail

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reduce

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dwindle

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reduce

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flag

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reduce

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wane

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reduce

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derelict

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Poor condition/ Run down

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dilapidated

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Poor condition/ Run down

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decrepit

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Poor condition/ Run down

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ramshackle

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Poor condition/ Run down

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shamble

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Poor condition/ Run down

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closefisted

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unwilling to spend (-)

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miserly

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unwilling to spend (-)

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niggardly

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unwilling to spend (-)

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parsimonious

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unwilling to spend (-)

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skinflint

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unwilling to spend (-)

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stingy

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unwilling to spend (-)

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stingy

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unwilling to spend (-)

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tightfisted

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unwilling to spend (-)

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thrift

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  • unwilling to spend (-)
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frugal

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  • unwilling to spend (-)
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dissipate

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spend lavishly (waste) (-)

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prodigal

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spend lavishly (waste) (-)

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profligate

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spend lavishly (waste) (-)

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spendthrift

A

spend lavishly (waste) (-)

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squander

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spend lavishly (waste) (-)

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abate

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lessen in intensity

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ebb

A

lessen in intensity

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recede

A

lessen in intensity

86
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subside

A

lessen in intensity

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apposite

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relevant

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apropos

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relevant

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germane

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relevant

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pertinent

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relevant

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abound

A

excess

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barrage

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excess

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bounteous

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excess

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copious

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excess

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glut

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excess

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inundate

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excess

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legion

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excess

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multitudinous

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excess

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myriad

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excess

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plethora

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excess

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profuse

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excess

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prolific

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excess

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rife

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excess

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spate

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excess

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steeped

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excess

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surfeit

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excess

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surge

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excess

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teeming

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excess

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volley

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excess

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ambivalent

A

unclear meaning

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ambiguous

A

unclear meaning

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equivocal

A

unclear meaning

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absolute

A

sure/ certain

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categorial

A

sure/ certain

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certitude

A

sure/ certain

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conviction

A

sure/ certain

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emphatic

A

sure/ certain

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incontrovertible

A

sure/ certain

119
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unqualified

A

sure/ certain

120
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contingent

A

conditional / X sure

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provisional

A

conditional / X sure

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qualify

A

conditional / X sure

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tentative

A

conditional / X sure

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dearth

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shortage/ lack of

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deficit

A

shortage/ lack of

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deprived

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shortage/ lack of

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devoid

A

shortage/ lack of

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paucity

A

shortage/ lack of

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vacuous

A

shortage/ lack of

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exiguous

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very less (-)

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marginal

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very less (-)

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meagre

A

very less (-)

133
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negligible

A

very less (-)

134
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paltry

A

very less (-)

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scanty

A

very less (-)

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skimpy

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very less (-)

137
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spare

A

very less (-)

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sparse

A

very less (-)

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