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1
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Proviso

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Condition attached to a statement

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Archipelago

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Group of islands

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Gape

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Wide opening

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Callous

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Heartless

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Lampoon

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Sarcasm

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Lithe

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Thin, graceful

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Onus

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Burden

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Occult

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Supernatural

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Somber

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Serious

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Tacit

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Understood

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11
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Mettle

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Spirit, Determination

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12
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Pasty

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Pale looking

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13
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Abet

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Encourage to do something wrong

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14
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Abovo

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From the begging

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15
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Abrade

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Wear away from friction

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16
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Elegy

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Poem of serious reflection

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17
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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad

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18
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Effigy

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Sculpture of a person

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19
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Febrile

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Symptoms of fever

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Perilous

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Full of risk

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21
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Lark

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Songbird

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22
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Acrid

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Bitter

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23
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Indignation

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Anger

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Morsel

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Small amount of food

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25
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Impudent

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Not showing respect

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26
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interminable

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Endless

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27
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Espionage

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The use of spies

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Empirical

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Based on experiments

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29
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Superfluous

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Unnecessary

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30
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Simian

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Relating to apes or monkeys

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31
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Snivel

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Cry

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32
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Pathos

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Quality that evokes pity

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33
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Beseech

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Ask someone to do something

34
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remonstrance

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forceful reproachful protest

35
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Catechism

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Summary of principles of christianism

36
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Persiflage

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Banter

37
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Stratagem

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Plan or scheme

38
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Gelatinous

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having the consistency of jelly

39
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Delirium

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Disturbed state of mind

40
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Lurid

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Unpleasantly bright

41
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Harangue

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Lengthy and aggressive speech

42
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Epithet

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Word used to describe quality of a person

43
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Baker’s dozen

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13; not 12

44
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Sullied

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Damage the purity or integrity

45
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Mucilage

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A vicious secretion of bodily fluid

46
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Vacillation

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Inability to take a stand

47
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flogged

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beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment.

48
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Agress

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to make the first attack

49
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Prowl

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move about stealthily, in search of prey

50
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Inefectious

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Liable to be transimitted to

51
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Fritter

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Waste time on redundant activities, Fritter is always followed by away

52
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In lieu

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Instead of

53
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Peruse

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Read through

54
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APOPLECTIC

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overcome with anger

55
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Indefensible

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not able to be justified or defended

56
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Amity

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a friendly relationship between people or countries

57
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Ambivalent

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unsure

58
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Waylay

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intercept (someone) in order to attack them.

59
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Dastardly

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wicked and cruel

60
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Declamatory

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expressing feelings or opinions in a strong way in a speech or a piece of writing

61
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Idee Fixe

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an idea that dominates the mind, an observsion

62
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Immanent

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present within or throughout

63
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Immure

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hold captive, put under lock and key

64
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Avaricious

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Extreme greed

65
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Irreconcilable

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Point of view different from each other

66
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Servitude

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The state of being a slave

67
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Cardinal

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Fundamental

68
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Oligarchy

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Small group of people having total power over a country

69
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Emasculate

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To lessen or take away the power

70
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Hitherto

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Up to this moment

71
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Long-winded, circumlocutory

A

Using more words than necessary

72
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Abash

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Embarrass

73
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Abate

A

Become less intense

74
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Abjure

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Renounce upon oath

75
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Drivel

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Nonsense

76
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Reverie

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Daydream

77
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Abortive

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describes an attempt or plan that you have to give up because it has failed(CALD)

78
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Abridge

A

Shorten

79
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Absolve

A

Forgive

80
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Abstruse

A

Hard to understand

81
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Abstruse

A

Hard to understand

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