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Abase

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To lower, demean, degrade

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Abate

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To lessen, reduce in severity

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Abbreviate

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To shorten, reduce

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Abduct

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To kidnap

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Aberration

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A deviation from the expected course

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Abhor

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To hate, loathe

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Abject

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Of the most miserable kind

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Abrogate

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To abolish, often by authority

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Abscond

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To sneak away and hide

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Accede

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To agree

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Accommodating

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Obliging, helpful

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Accost

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To approach or confront aggressively

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Acumen

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Keen insight

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Affluent

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Rich, wealthy

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Aggregate

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To gather, amass

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Agoraphobia

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Phobia of open or public spaces

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Akimbo

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With hands on hips and elbows extending outwards

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Aphid

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Frigid, cold

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Allay

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To sooth, assuage

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Altercation

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An argument

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Almagamation

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A union, a merger

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Ambivalent

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Having contrary beliefs

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Ameliorate

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To make better

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Amorous

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Showing or relating to love

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Anomaly

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Something that is out of the normal

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Aphorism

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Short saying

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Apparitional

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Ghostly, haunted

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Arbitrator

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One who settles disagreements

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Ascetic

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One who practices restraint

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Augment

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To make larger

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Baleful

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Threatening

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Benign

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Non-threatening, innocuous

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Bereft

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Without, devoid of

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Bulk

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To cheat, swindle

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Blandish

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To coax with flattery

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Bourgeois

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Middle class

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Brutal

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Relating to winter

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Burgeon

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To come forth, blossom

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Cacophony

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Noise, discordant sound

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Cadence

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Rhythm

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Calumny

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An attempt to sedate another’s reputation

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Camaraderie

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Cheerful unity in a group

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Carouse

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To revel, party

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Cavort

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To frolic and leap

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46
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Circumlocution

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Indirect language

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Cogent

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Intelligent, viable

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Comatose

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Lethargic and slow

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Commodious

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Spacious, roomy

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Complicit

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Being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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Conciliatory

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Agreeable, friendly

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Concord

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Agreement

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Conduit

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A pipe, passage, tunnel

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Confluence

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A coming together

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Confound

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To frustrate

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Contusion

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Bruise, injury

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Convalescence

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The gradual return to health after illness

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Copious

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Abundant, plentiful

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Corpulent

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Very fat

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Cursory

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Brief to the point of being superficial

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Dearth

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A lack, scarcity

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Defunct

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No longer used or existing

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Deluge

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Something that overwhelms like a flood

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Disrelict

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Run down, abandoned

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Despondent

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Discouraged, hopeless

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Diaphanous

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Transparent, light

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Dilapidated

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In a state of disrepair

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Diminutive

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Miniature

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Discrete

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Separate, distinct

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Discreet

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Prudent or inconspicuous

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Divergent

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Different, contrary

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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony or agreement

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Divisive

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Causing conflict, opposition

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Domicile

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A home, residence

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Doppelgänger

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A ghostly double of a living person

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Elocution

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The art of public speaking

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Entomology

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Study of insects

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Espouse

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To support, or to marry

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Espy

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To catch sight of

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Ethereal

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Heavenly, exceptionally refined

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Euphoric

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Elated, overjoyed

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Exacerbate

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To make more violent or intense

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Excursion

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An outing

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Exigency

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Critical, urgent

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Existential

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Relating to existence

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Fabulist

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Maker of tales; a liar

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Fallacious

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Incorrect and misleading

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Familial

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Relating to family

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Fatuous

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Silly foolish

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Fecund

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Fertile, fruitful

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Fetter

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to restrain, chain

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Fey

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Magical

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Firmament

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The sky, heavens

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Flaccid

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Limp

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Flout

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To scorn, ignore, show contempt for

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Fortuitous

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Lucky

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Frenetic

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Frenzied, hectic

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Goad

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To provoke by accident

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Gourmand

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One who likes eating and drinking

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Grandiose

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Extraordinary

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Grotto

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A small cave or cavern

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Hail

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To come from

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Hedonist

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One whose primary pursuit is pleasure

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Hiatus

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An interruption in continuity

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Hiemal

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Relating to winter

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Immutable

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Not able to change

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Impecunious

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Excessively poor

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Impudent

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Rude, improper

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Incessant

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Without interuption

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Inclement

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Story, bad, severe

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Indictment

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An accusation of wrongdoing

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Inextricable

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Hopelessly confused or tangled

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Inimical

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Hostile, threatening

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Innate

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Inborn, native, inherent

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Inundate

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To flood

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Invective

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A verbal attack

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Juxtapose

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To put next to each other

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Laceration

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A rip or cut

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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