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Tarnish

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  1. Lose lustre or shine in result of exposure to air or moisture.
  2. Make something or become less valuable or respected
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Impulse

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  1. A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.
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Stimulation (biology)

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Raising of levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body or any biological system.

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Physiology

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Study of the function of the body.

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Anatomy

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Study of the structure of the body.

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Biology

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The branch of science encompassing the study of life 🧬

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Hereditary

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Biological inheritance of physical, biological or behavioural traits from parent to off-spring.

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Science

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Study of the structure and behaviour of physical and natural world through observations and experimentation.

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Chemistry

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Branch of science encompassing a substance’s properties and chemical behaviours through reactions.

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Encompassing

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Surrounding or holding within

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Comprehensive

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Including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

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Synthesis

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Combination of components or elements to form a connected whole.

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Degradation

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Lowers the quality of something or causes something to get progressively worse.

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Coherent

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  1. Logical and consistent.
  2. Forming a unified whole.
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Conceptualizing

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Forming a concept or idea of something.

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Composition

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  1. The nature of something’s ingredients and how the thing is made up.
  2. Creative piece of work.
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Constituent

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A component part of something

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Hypothesis

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A proposed explanation made on a phenomenon or an answer to a question that has a complex answer.

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Research question

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Similar to the hypothesis, is also a starting point of an investigation, however, it only asks for explanation.

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Phenomenon

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  1. Remarkable person or thing
  2. A fact or situation that is observed and is difficult to understand or explain completely.
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Equilibrium

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State of balance where opposing forces and influences are equal.

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Exertion

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The application of force, influence or quality.

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Sequester

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Isolate or hide away.

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Sieze

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Take hold of, suddenly, or by force.

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Commandeer

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Take possession by force.

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Nationalism

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identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion of the interests of other nations

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Detriment

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State of being harmed or damaged.

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Prejudice

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Bias or preconceived opinion, idea or belief.

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Preconcieved

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Formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness.

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Intolerance

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Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs or behaviour that differ from one’s own.

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Condescending

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Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.

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Patronizing

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Apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority.

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Socialism

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A political theory of social organisation which advocates the means of production, distribution and exchange bring owned or regulated by the entire community.

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Communism

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A system of social organisation where property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

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Irony

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An expression with purpose of humour where something is opposite of what it is supposed to be.

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Refined

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Clear of any impurities or unwanted stuff.

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Philosophy

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  1. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
  2. A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour.
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Cavity

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An empty space within a solid object.

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Discharge

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Allow something or someone to leave from a confined or restricted area.

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Faeces

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Waste remaining from digested food, also known as poop and pee.

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Carbon dating

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Calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.

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Portion

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Part of a whole.

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Secrete

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Produce and discharge a substance.

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Magnitude

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Size or extent of something

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Extent

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Size or scale of something

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Infer

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Deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning

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Explicit

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Stated clearly or in detail, leaving no doubt or confusion.

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Reasoning

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Action of thinking about something in a logical way

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Deduce

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Arrive at a fact or conclusion by reasoning.

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Residue

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Small amount of something that remains after main part has gone or been take or used.

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Consolidate

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  1. Make something stronger or more solid.
  2. Combine things into a single more effective or logical whole
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Utility

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The state of being useful, profitable and beneficial.

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Element

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An essential or characteristic part of something abstract.

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Characteristic

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A feature or quality belonging typically to a someone or something and serving to identify them.

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Logistics

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The detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.

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Subjective

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Based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions.

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Derogatory

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Showing critical or disrespectful attitude

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Connotation

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An idea or feeling which a word invokes or summons for a person

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Laterally

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At, towards or from the side or sides; sideways.

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Inverted

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In the opposite position or order.

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Indivisible

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Cannot be divided

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Buldge

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A round swelling, distorting a flat surface

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Circumstances

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Facts or conditions connect with or relevant to event or action.

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Summit

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The highest point of a hill or mountain.

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Contrary

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Opposite in nature, direction or meaning

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Counter-intuitive

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Contrary to intuition or to common sense expectation.

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Epiphany

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A moment of sudden and great revelation and realisation.

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Revelation

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Making something known that was previously a secret or unknown.

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Logistics

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A detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.

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Accumulation

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Acquisition or gradual gathering of something.

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Derived

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  1. Obtain something from a specified source.
  2. Base a concept on an extension or modification.
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Compromise

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Expediently accept standards that are lower than desirable.

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Expedient

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Convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

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Inference

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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Inhibit

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Hinders, restrains or prevent

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Regulate

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Control or maintain the rate or speed of something.

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Aspect

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A particular part or feature of something

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Corrugated

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Shaped into a series of parallel ridges and grooves so as to give added rigidity and strength.

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Coy

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Making a pretence of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring. (Typically, used of a woman).

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Pretence

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  1. An attempt to make something that is the not the case appear true. Pretend.
  2. A claim to have a particular skill or quality.
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Extremity

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  1. Furthest point or limit of something.
  2. Degree to which something is extreme.
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Converge

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Tend to meet at a point.

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Anthropology

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the study of The characteristics of past and present human communities.

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Superficial

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  1. Existing or occurring at or on the surface.
  2. Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely
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Obligated

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Bound or has a duty of commitment

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Homogenous mixture

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Has the same proportions of ingredients throughout the mixture.

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Heterogeneous mixture

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Doesn’t have the same proportions throughout the mixture

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Incredulous

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unwilling or unable to believe something.

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Eccentric

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unconventional and slightly strange.

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Muddled

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not clear or coherent; confused.

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Suffusion

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Colour, blush

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Mortification

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Feeling of humiliation and shame

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Mirage

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Unrealistic hope or optical illusion, typically in deserted places

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Lagoon

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a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

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Surmounted

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Overcame or placed on top of something

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Diminish

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Make or become less

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Plunge

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jump or dive quickly and energetically.

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Exasperated

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Frustrated or annoyed

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Dubiety

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the state or quality of beingdoubtful; uncertainty.

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Conspiratorial

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suggesting that they share secret knowledge with another person.

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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

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Abstract

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existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

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Ironic

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something that is way different from what you’d expect.

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