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abhor

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to detest

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abject

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hopeless, wretched

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adamant

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stubborn, unyielding

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address

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to speak to

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alacrity

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cheerful eagerness

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alchemy

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a seemingly magical process of transformation

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angst

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anxiety; fear; dread

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anguish

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agonizing pain

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appreciate

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to increase in value

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apprehensive

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worried, anxious

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ascetic

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hermitlike

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ascribe

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to give credit for something/ to attribute something to

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avid

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eager; enthusiastic

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avow

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to claim or to declare frankly

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bereaved

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left desolate

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beset

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to harass, to surround

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brouhaha

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uproar; hubbub

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brusque

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abrupt in manner, blunt

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cartography

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the art of making maps and charts

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cascade

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waterfall

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chutzpah

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brazenness; audacity; self-confidence

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cipher

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zero

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commiserate

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to express sorrow for; to sympathize with

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commodious

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spacious; roomy; capacious

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conflagration

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a large fire

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confluence

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flowing together

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conundrum

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a puzzle or problem without a solution

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convene

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to come together or assemble

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cringe

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to shrink back with fear; to cower

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criterion

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standard

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defiant

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resistant

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deficit

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a shortage, especially of money

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deprecate

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to express the disapproval of

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depredate

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to prey upon; to plunder

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discourse

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conversation; spoken or written expression in words

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discreet

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prudent, thoughtful

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divulge

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to reveal

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docile

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easily taught

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egalitarian

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believing in the social equality

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egocentric

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selfish

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enmity

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deep hatred; animosity; ill will

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ennui

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boredom; listless lack of interest

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evasive

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elusive, trickery, slippery

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evince

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to show clearly

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extrapolate

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to infer

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extremity

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a limb or appendage of the body (hands or feet)

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finesse

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skillful maneuvering

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fiscal

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pertaining to financial matters; monetary

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fulminate

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to denounce vigorously; to protest vehemently against something

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furnish

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to provide

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harass

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to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares

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harbinger

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forerunner

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impartial

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fair; unbiased

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impasse

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a deadlock; a situation from which there is no escape

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incessant

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unceasing

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incipient

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beginning; emerging

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ingenuous

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artless; charmingly naive

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ingratiate

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to work to make oneself to be liked

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intimate

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to hint or imply

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intractable

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uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient

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lampoon

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to satirize

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languish

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to become weak

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malfeasance

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illegal act

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malinger

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to pretend to be sick

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minuscule

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very tiny

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mire

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marshy, mucky ground

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nomenclature

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a set or system of names; a designation; a terminology

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nominal

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in name only

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oscillate

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to swing back and forth; to pulsate; to waver or vacillate between beliefs

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osmosis

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gradual or subtle absorption

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pastoral

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rural; rustic; peaceful and calm, like the country

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patent

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obvious

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perverse

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contrary; stubborn

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petulant

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rude; cranky; ill-tempered

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precarious

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dangerously insecure or unsteady

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precedent

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earlier example

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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prodigious

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extraordinary; enormous

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prudent

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careful

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prurient

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having lustful thoughts or desires; causing lust

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rarefied

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esoteric; interesting to a select group only; exalted

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ratify

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to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction

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rend

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to separate into parts with force or violence

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render

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to cause to be or become

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revulsion

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loathing; repugnance; disgust

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rhapsodize

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to speak extremely enthusiastically; to gush

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scrutinize

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to examine very carefully

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seamless

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without seams; smooth

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solvent

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not bankrupt

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sophomoric

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juvenile; childishly goofy

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stupendous

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remarkable; extraordinary; remarkably large or extraordinarily gigantic

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stupor

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a stunned condition; near-unconsciousness; apathy; inertia

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sycophant

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flatterer

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syntax

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the patterns or rules governing the way grammatical sentences are formed

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titular

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in title or name only; nominal

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toil

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hard work; labor; drudgery; exhausting effort

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unwitting

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unintentional

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urbane

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poised and sophisticated

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virulent

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extremely poisonous

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viscous

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thick; gluey; sticky

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