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Abet

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To aid in the commission (usually a crime)

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Abscond

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To depart suddenly and secretly

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Abstemious

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Characterized by self denial or abstinence

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Acquiesce

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To comply, to agree, to submit

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Acumen

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Quickness of intellectual insight

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Admonition

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Gentle scolding or warning

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Affable

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Good natured. Easy to approach

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Agile

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Able to move quickly. Physically or mentally

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Alacrity

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Cheerful willingness or promptness

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Alleviate

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To relieve. To make less hard to bear.

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Aloof

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Reserved. Distant

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Altruism

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Unselfishness. Charitableness

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Amalgamate

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To mix or blend together

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Ambiguous

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Having a double meaning

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Aberration

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An abnormality

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Ameliorate

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To relieve, to make better

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Animosity

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Hatred

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authority or authenticity

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Apparition

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Ghostly sight

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Appease

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To soothe

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Approbation

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Approval

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Arboreal

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Pertaining to trees

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Arcane

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Difficult to understand, known only to a few

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Ardor

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Passion

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Articulate

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Eloquent. Able to express oneself well

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Ascetic

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One who practice self denial and excessive abstinence

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Ascribe

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To assign as a quality or attribute

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Asperity

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Harshness. Roughness

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Assiduous

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Persistent

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Assuage

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To relieve

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Astute

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Keen in discernment

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Audacious

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Bold. Fearless

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Austere

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Severely simple. Strict. Harsh

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Authoritarian

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Demanding

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Avarice

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Greed

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Baleful

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Malignant

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Banal

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Commonplace. Trite.

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Belligerent

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Displaying warlike spirit

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Benefactor

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One who does kindly and charitable acts

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Benevolence

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An act of kindness or generosity

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Benign

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Good and kind

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Berate

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To scold severely

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Bewilder

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To confuse

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Blithe

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Carefree. Joyous

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Boisterous

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Noisy. Overexcited

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Bolster

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To support

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Bombast

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Pompous or inflated language

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Boorish

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Rude

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Brevity

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Briefness

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Burnish

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To make brilliant or shining

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Cacophony

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A disagreeable or discordant sound

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Cajole

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To convince by flattering speech

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced

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Calumny

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Slander

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Candid

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Straightforward. Honest

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Cantankerous

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Grouchy

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Capacious

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Roomy

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Castigate

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To punish

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Caustic

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Sarcastic and severe

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Censure

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To criticize severely

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment or dismay

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Chicanery

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The use of trickery to deceive

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Circumstantial

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Based on inference rather than conclusive proof

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Cloying

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Excessively sweet

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Coerce

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To force

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Cogent

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Strongly persuasive

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Collusion

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A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose

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Comedic

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Amusing

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Compendious

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Concise

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Compound

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To combine. To intensify

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Comprehensive

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All inclusive. Broad in scope

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Compunction

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Uneasiness caused by guilt or remorse

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Conciliatory

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Tending to reconcile

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Concord

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Harmony

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Conflagration

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A great fire

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Congeal

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To coagulate (clot or blood)

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Congenial

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Agreeable. Friendly

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Connoisseur

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An expert judge or art. Usually one with thorough knowledge

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Console

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To comfort

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Conspicuous

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Clearly visible

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Constrict

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To bind

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Contemplative

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Calm and thoughtful

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Contrite

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Remorseful

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Copious

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Plentiful

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Corroboration

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Confirmation

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Credulous

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Easily deceived

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Curtail

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To cut off. Cut short

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Deleterious

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Hurtful

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Denounce

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To condemn. To criticize harshly

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Deplete

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To reduce. To lessen

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Depraved

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Wicked. Morally corrupt

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Deride

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To ridicule

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Derivative

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Coming from some origin. Not original

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Desiccant

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A drying agent

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Detrimental

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Harmful

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Deter

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To frighten away

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Diatribe

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A bitter of malicious criticism

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Didactic

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Pertaining to teaching

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Diffidence

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Shyness. Lack of self confidence

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Dilatory

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Tending to cause delay

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Dilettante

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One who dabbles in many different activities

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Discern

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To distinguish. To see clearly

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Disconsolate

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Hopelessly sad

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Dissemble

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To hide by putting on false appearance

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Disseminate

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To scatter. To distribute

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Dissent

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Disagreement

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Divulge

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To tell something previously private or secret

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly opinionated. Making assertions without evidence

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Draconian

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Very harsh or severe

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Dubious

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Doubtful. Skeptical

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Duplicity

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Deceitfulness. Dishonesty

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Ebullient

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Showing enthusiasm

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Eclectic

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Coming from a variety of sources

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Effervescence

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Bubbly. Enthusiastic

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Effrontery

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Boldness. Audacity

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Egalitarian

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Believing in equality

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Elusive

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Tending to escape

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Embellish

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To add decoration

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Embezzle

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To misappropriate secretly

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Encumbrance

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A burden

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Engender

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To produce

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Enigma

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A riddle or puzzle

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Equable

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Equal. Serene

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Equanimity

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Calmness. Composure

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Equivocate

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To be deliberately vague or misleading

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Eradicate

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To destroy throughly

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Erratic

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Irregular

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Erroneous

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Incorrect

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Erudite

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Scholarly. Very learned

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Eschew

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To avoid

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