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Contempt

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Feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or deserves no respect at all
S: disdain, disparage , despise, deride

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Benign

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Adj. Kind and gentle
Not harmful : Spain’s benign climate
S: innocuous
A: adberse

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Promulgate

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V. Make something widely known
S. disseminate
The result of this word is:
Rife, prevalent, pervasive, pervade(spread of odor)

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Deter

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Discourage

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Orotund

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Pompous, impressive

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Bequeath

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Leave property to someone by a will

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Bequest

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Legacy bequeathed to someone

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Conducive

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Contributive, helpful

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Dilatory

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Inclined to delay or procrastinate

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Deign

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V. Do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity
Celebrities usually don’t deign talking to the masses
S: supercilious, arrogant, haughty, condescending
A: condign

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Precarious

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Uncertain, unstable, insecure

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Clement

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Compassionate

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Intransigent

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Obdurate, obstinate (stubborn), pertinacious

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Incongruous

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Inappropriate, not harmonious, incompatible

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Onerous

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Troublesome or burdensome

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Encumber

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To hinder, impede

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Forestall

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Thwart something from happening by acting first

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Hamper

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Impede

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Affable

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Amiable, approachable

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Ardent

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Very enthusiastic; passionate
-an ardent supporter for organic agriculture
S: zealous

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Fervent

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Enthusiasm

Fervid

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Truculent

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Cruel, unpleasant and argues a lot

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Callous

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Unsympathetic, indifferent

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Polemic

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A controversial argument

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Capricious

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Inconsistent

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Corroborate

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Confirm

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Frugal

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Thrift
Parsimonious
Penurious

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Miser

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Person who collects wealth and spends very little

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Burgeon

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Thrive, boom, mushroom( verb), sprout

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Faction

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A small group within a larger group whose member disagree with some of the belief of the larger group
Adj: factious - causing disagreement

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Brisk

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Quick, active or lively

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Credulous

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Gullible

Easily persuade

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Creed

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A faith, credo

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Coercion

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Duress, compulsion by threat, intimidate

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Sullen

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Dour, sulky, resentful, gloomy

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Sully

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Debase, Defame, defile, tarnish, blemish, mar, blotch, stigma

A: adorn

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Dystrophy

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Faulty or inadequate nutrition or development

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Discree

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Verdict

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Jocular

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Blithe, facetious, comical, amusing

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Facile

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Simplistic and lacking careful thoughts

Impetuous( rough lacking though)

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Invective

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Strongly abusive or critical language

S: epithet

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Inveigled

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Persuade someone to do something by deception or flattery

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Terse

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Using few words; abrupt
When such expression is used
Epigram

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Euphemism

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Pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant

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Euphony

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Pleasant sounding words

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Extradite

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Hand over (person accused of crime) to state where crime was committed

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Ratify

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Consent, consensus

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Prolific

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Producing many offspring or product

Proliferate

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Euphoria

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A feeling of intense happiness

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Eulogize

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Praise someone highly
The speech or writing of this
Eulogy

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Bestow

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Confer, grant

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Bestride

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Have a leg on either side of something

Tense: bestrode bestridden

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Embezzle

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To steal money placed in ones trust

S: defalcation

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Exorbitant

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(Of price) unreasonably high

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Exonerate

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Officially state that someone has NOT done something wrong or illegal
A: allege
Similar: alibi

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Succumb

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To yield

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Suffuse

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Gradually spread through or over

Her cheeks were suffused with color

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Progeny

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Offspring, descendant

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Agnostic

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Person who believes the existence of God is not provable

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Fusillade

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Outburst of criticism

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Gratuity

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Money given for good service

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Hypocritical

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Affecting Virtues and qualities one does not have

Hypocrite, hypocrisy ( claiming to have higher moral standards than actually do)

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Conjecture

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Formation of opinion on incomplete information

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Abject

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hopeless, contemptible, Wretched, forlorn, downtrodden, beggarly

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Bereft

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Sad or lacking

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Obsequious

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Fawning(flattering), excessive obedient

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Nonplussed

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Surprised and confused and not knowing how to react

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Nonpareil

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Unrivaled, better than anyone or anything

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Complicit

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Involved with others in an unlawful activity

The militant group may be complicit in ten violent incidents

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Abrogate

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Cancel or end an agreement

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Abjure

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Swear to give up a belief or claim

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Adjure

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Solemnly urge someone to do something

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Adjacent

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Adjoin

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Adjudicate

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Adjudged, make formal judgment

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Eclectic

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Using ideas from a wide variety if sources

He thrived on an eclectic diet of classical and jazz

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Éclat

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Brilliant or successful effect

A few of the men landed with the same éclat as their leader

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Levity

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Humor, frivolity , gaiety

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Frivolous

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Not serious or responsible

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Excoriate

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Rebuke 
Condemn
Censure
Reprimand
Denounce
Remonstrate
Reproof
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Lament , contrition

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Mourn, grieve, wail, woe

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Contrite

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Feeling sorrow, regret and guilty

S: penitent, repent, remorse

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Lethargic

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Indifference

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Aloof

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Indifference due to disapproval

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Caustic

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Severely critical

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Callow

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(Of young person) inexperience and immature

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Stature

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The importance or reputation gained by a person as a result of their ability and achievements
An architect of international stature

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Chastise

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To discipline, castigate

Result: chaste, descent

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Cursory

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Haste and superficial

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen or noticed

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Serendipitous

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Fortuitous, favourable

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Inveterate

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Firmly and long established; habitual

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Malignant

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Very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect

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Malady

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Undesirable or disordered condition

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Cynical

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People are only interested in themselves; not sincere

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Everybody has an angle

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Everyone is selfish

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Insidious

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Intended to entrap or beguile

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Accede

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Agree to a demand or request

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Endorse

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Declaring public approval of someone or something

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Premonition

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Forewarning, presentiment

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Penitent

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Feel Sorrow and guilty
Contrite
Remorse
Repent

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Perspicacious

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Shrewd, astute

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Odious

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Extremely unpleasant

Proscribe

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Proselytize

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Recruit

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Probity

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Honesty

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Culminate

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Reach a climax

The protest culminated in a mass rally at the town hall

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Reverence

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Differential, deep respect

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Acumen

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Decisive

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Accede

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Agree to a demand or request

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Capacious

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Ample, abounding, abundant,

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Verbose

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Wordy, bombastic, grandiloquent, loquacious, prolixity

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Taciturnity

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Say ver little

Uncommunicative

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Precipitous

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(Of a change to a worse situation) sudden and dramatic

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Precocious

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(Of child) having developed certain abilities or behaviours at an early age

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Beguile

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Charm or trick someone

S: insidious, entrap

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Vindicate

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To justify

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Despondent

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Showing deep hopelessness, discouragement, dejection

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Squander

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Prodigal, profligate

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Prevarication

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Avoid giving a direct answer to a question

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Laconic

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Using few words

S: taciturn

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Munificent

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Very generous

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Solicitous

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Try to obtain something from someone

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Concourse

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Crowd or large area inside a public building

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Rejoinder

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Sharp witty reply

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Probity

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Good and honest behaviour

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Valorous

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Great courage in face of danger

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

S: antediluvian, archaic (old fashion)

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree

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Ardor

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Intense passionate feeling

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Arbitrate

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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Eloquent

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Persuasive and moving

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Propitious

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Indicating a good chance of success

It was a propitious movement for a global telephone network

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Prevarication

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Avoid giving direct answer to question

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Occlude

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To prevent the passage of
A shadow is thrown across the earth’s surface during a solar eclipse, when the light from the sun is occluded by the moon

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Lethargic

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Indifferent, slow and sluggish

S: callous

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Predation

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Plunder, pillage, extort

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Extortionate

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Excessive, exorbitant

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Propitiate

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Appease, conciliate, placate, pacify

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Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

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Torpor

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Soporific

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Occlude

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To stop or prevent the passage of

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Eviserate

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To remove, take away a vital and essential part

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Altruistic

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Unselfish, concern for others

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Fawn

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To grovel; humble in order to gain forgiveness

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Clement

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Merciful in disposition, lenient, compassionate

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Contrite

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Penitence, repent, remorse, regret

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Obsolete

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Out of date

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Ambrosial

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Fragrant

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Eschewed

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Deliberately avoid doing or being involved

S: forwent

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Snubbed

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Ignore or reject someone scornfully

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Vituperation

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Butting and abusive language

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad

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Dissension

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Contention

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Dissension

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Disagreement

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Acquittal

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Judgment that a person is not guilty

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Tenacious

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Unwilling to accept defeat or stop doing something

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Aptitude

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Talent

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Avarice

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Greedy,cupidity, rapacious, venal, covetous, mercenary, penurious, voracious

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Mendacity

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The act of not telling the truth

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Voracious

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Avid, crave, gluttonous

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Pillage

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Plunder, extort, predation, rob

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Inordinate

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Excessive, unrestrained, uncontrolled, irregular

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Quandary

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State of uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation

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Quaint

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Attractively unusual or old fashioned

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Acute

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( of bad or difficult situation) severe or intense degree

Having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight

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Peruse

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To read with thoroughness or care

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Pertinacious

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Resolute, purposeful, determind

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Peripatetic

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Itinerary

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Pernicious

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Completely harmful

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Circumvent

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Avoid something cleverly or illegally

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Punctilious

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Meticulous, circumspect

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Spur

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To encourage

A: spurn: reject with disdain

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Acrimonious

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Scathing, acerbic

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Expedient

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Appropriate as a purpose

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Recondite

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Abstruse, not easily understood

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Tenuous

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Having little substance

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Commensurate

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Proportionate, appease, mitigate, mollify, placate

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Conciliate

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Placate, win over

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Temper

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Moderate

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Circumspect

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Prudent, , wary, judicious(smart), meticulous, punctilious, sagacious(smart), scrupulous, vigilant
A: audacious, bold, careless, rash, unheedful, reckless

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Fractious

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Peevish, irritable, agitated

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Blatant

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(Of acts consider bad) Done in open obvious and unashamed way
A blatant abuse of human rights
S: flagrant, scandalous

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Prosaic

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Ordinary,mundane (not exciting), humdrum(dull)

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Proffer

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Offer

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Forthright

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Straightforward, outspoken, decisive

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Pejorative

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Disparage

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Cede

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To give up

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Invective

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Strong abusive word

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Docile

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Submissive

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Elation

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To make joyful or proud

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Aberrant

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Anomaly, irregularity

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Deify

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Worship/ treat as god like

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive

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Rescind

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Annul, declaring void/ invalid

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Nefarious

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Infamous, sinful, evil

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Abject

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Unpleasant & humiliating

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Contrite

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Very sorry, repent, penitent

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Presumptuous

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Impudent, disrespectful boldness

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Germane

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Relevant,

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Gratis & Gratuitous

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Given freely

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Gambit

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A ploy

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Gainsay

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To deny

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Abjure

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Give up a belief or claim

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