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knowingness

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quality of knowing something

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circumstellar

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around a star

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spherule

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tiny sphere or globule

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abate

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reduce or diminish

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acquisitiveness

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desire to acquire more

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advent

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arrival

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agency

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the ability to use power or influence

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Altogether (NOT all together)

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Completely, overall

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Antithetical to

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totally opposed to

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ascribe to

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to give credit

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assert

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affirm, claim, that something is true

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backfire

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to produce an unexpected and unwanted result

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befall

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happen to (used with something bad)

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belie

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contradict or misrepresent

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blight

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disease that killa plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction

ruin or cause to wither

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blunt

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make less effective

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blur

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to make blurry, unclear, indistinct

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bogus

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fake, fraudulent

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bolster

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strengthen or support

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brook

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suffer or tolerate

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bygone

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past, former

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chancy

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risky

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channel

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to direct or guide along a particular course

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checked

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restrained, held back

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cloak

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to cover or conceal

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coalesce

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come together, unite

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cogent

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very convincing

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condone

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overlook, tolerate, regard as harmless

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confer

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consult

give

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contend

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make an argument in favor of

struggle

controversial

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conversely

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in an opposite way, on the other hand

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convoluted

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twisted

very complicated

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copious

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plentiful

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countenance

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approve or tolerate

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curtail

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cut short or reduce

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debunk

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expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims

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decry

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condemn openly

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deem

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judge, consider

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deflect

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cause to curve

turn aside, avoid

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deride

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mock

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deterrent

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something that restrains or discourages

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dichotomy

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division into two parts or into two contradictory group

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Discrepancy

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Difference or inconsistency

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Discrete ( NOT discreet)

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Separate, distinct, detached

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Dispatch

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Speed, promptness

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Dismiss

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Put aside or reject

Allow to disperse or leave

Fire from a job

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Dovetail

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Join or fit together

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Dubious

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Doubtful, questionable, suspect

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Eclectic

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Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

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Effectively

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In as uccessful manner

In effect, but not officially

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Egregious

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Extraordinarily bad

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Equivocal

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Use unclear language to deceive or avoir committing to a position

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Erratic

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Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

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Erstwhile

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Former, previous

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Exacerbate

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Male worse, inflame

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Expedient

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Suitable, proper

Effective

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant

Foreign, not belonging

57
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Fathom

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Understand deeply

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Fishy

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Suspicious, unlikely, questionnable

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Fledgling

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New or inexpected

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Fleeting

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Passing quickly, transitory

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Foreshadow

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Indicate or suggest beforehand

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Forestall

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Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand

63
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Graft

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Join together plant parts or skin so that two living things grow together

64
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Grandstanding

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Perform showily i. An attempt to impress onlookers

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Guesswork

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A set of guessesor estomates, work based on guesses or estimates

66
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Guile

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Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness

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Hallmark

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A mark of indication of quality, purity, genuiness

Any distinguishi g characteristic

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Handpick

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To pick by hand, to personally select

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Hardy

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Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold

70
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Hearken

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Listen, pay attention to

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Host

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A large amount

72
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Iconoclast

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Attacker of cherished beliefs or institution

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Impair

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Make worse, weaken

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Impede

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Hold back, obstruct the progress of

75
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Impinge on

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Trespass on, violate

76
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Inadvertenly

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Accidently, carelessly, as a side effect

77
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Inasmuch

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Since, because

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Inextricably

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In a way such thst one cannot untangle or escape something

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Inform

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Inspire, animate, give substance, essence, or context to

Be the characteristic quality of

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate

Hard to cure

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Involved

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Complicated, intricate, confused or tangled

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Jettison

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Discard, cast off

Throw items overboard in order to lighten a ship in an emergency

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Lackluster

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Not shiny, dull, mediocre

84
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Laypeople

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Regular people, non-specialists

85
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Log

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Keep record of, write down

Travel for or at a certain distance or speed

86
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Makeshift

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Improvised, relating to a temporary substitute

87
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Mercurial

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Quickly and unpredictably changing moods

88
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Nontrivial

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Important or big enough to matter

89
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Offhand

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Casual, informal

Done without preparation

Brusque

90
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Outstrip

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Surpass, exceed

Larger

Leave behind

91
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Paragon

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Model of excellence

92
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Peddle

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Travel around while selling

sell illegaly

Give out or disseminate

93
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Penumbra

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Outer part of a shadow from a eclipse

Periphery

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Piggyback

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Riding on something bigger or more important

95
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Pristine

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In an original, pure state

Uncorrupted

96
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Qualified

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Modified, limited, conditional on something else

Unqualified can mean not limited or not restrained, if your boss gives unqualified approval for your plan, you can do whatever you want. Of course,m everyone knows qualified in the sense of qualified for the job

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Reconvene

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Gather, come together again, such as for a meeting

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Rehash

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Discuss or bring up again without adding anything new

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Rife

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Happening frequently, abundant, currently beinf reported

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Scant

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Not enough

101
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Scarcely

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Hard,y, barely, by a small margin

102
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Skirt

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Border, lie along the edge of

103
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Smelt

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Fuse or melt ore in order to separate out metal

104
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Spate

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Sudden outpouring

Flood

105
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Spearhead

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Be the leader of

106
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Staggered

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Starting or ending at different times, especially also occurring in overlapping intervals

107
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Tardy

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Late, not on time

108
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Thenceforth

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From that time forward

109
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Thorny

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Controversial, full of difficulties

110
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Tide

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En français: marré

111
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Transient

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Moving around, not settled, temporary

112
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Undergird

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Antonym of undermine

113
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Underpin

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Strengthen, corroborate, support bellow

114
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Underscore

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Unfettered

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Wanting

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Lacking, insufficient, or not good enough

117
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Warranted

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Authorized

118
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Whereas

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Considering that

119
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Winnow

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Sift, analyze critically

120
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For all

Versus

Given

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For all means despite. Links 2 sentences

Given means considering or sinc

121
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Much less

Versus nontheless

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Much less’ structure: something doesn’t do something,MUCH LESS something even more extreme

Nonetheless means however

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