Vocabulary List 11 Flashcards

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Purge

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Get Rid Of / Cleanse

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Sullen

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Watershed

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Important Mark

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Prototype

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*Best Example

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Inane

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Stupid/Foolish

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Mar

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Spoil/Disfigure

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Impair

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Spoil/Disfigure

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Compulsion

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Force / Put Pressure

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Temporal

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Not Sacred / Worldly

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Allure

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Divergent

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Go Off-Track

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Noxious

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Impure/Poisonous

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Press

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Force / Put Pressure

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Asinine

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Stupid/Foolish

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Digress

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Go Off-Track

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Warp

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Spoil/Disfigure

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Extort

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Force / Put Pressure

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Imperceptible

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X To See

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Affected

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Artificial/Pretense

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Supplicate

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Flatter/Beg

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Urge

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Persuade

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Paradigm

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Best Example

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Tactic

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Exemplify

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Best Example

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Espy

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To See

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Discern

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To See

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Inherent

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Inborn / Firmly Fixed

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Canny

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*Intelligent/Wise

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Tarnish

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Spotted/Stained

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Savant

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Intelligent/Wise

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Obtuse

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Stupid/Foolish

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Inimitable

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Unmatched/Unique

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Peerless

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Unmatched/Unique

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Landmark

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Important Mark

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Perceptive

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Intelligent/Wise

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Paragon

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Best Example

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Cognizant

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Aware/X Unaware

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Ploy

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Innate

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Inborn / Firmly Fixed

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Enjoin

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Persuade

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Acuity

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Intelligent/Wise

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Saturnine

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Ruse

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Dour

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Perceive

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To See

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Petulant

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Adulterate

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Impure/Poisonous

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Circuitous

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Go Off-Track

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Catharsis

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Get Rid Of / Cleanse

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Discerning

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Intelligent/Wise

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Pout

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Apotheosis

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Best Example

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Hallmark

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Important Mark

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Court

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*Persuade

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Collude

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Perspicacious

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Intelligent/Wise

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Debase

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Spotted/Stained

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Warrant

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Prove To Be Right

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Coax

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Persuade

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Imbecile

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Stupid/Foolish

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Ferret

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Uncover A Secret

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Prudent

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Intelligent/Wise

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Beseech

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Flatter/Beg

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Pretentious

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Artificial/Pretense

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Fatuous

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Stupid/Foolish

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Contaminate

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Impure/Poisonous

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Taint

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Spotted/Stained

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Justifiable

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Prove To Be Right

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Expurgate

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Get Rid Of / Cleanse

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Discursive

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Go Off-Track

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Cajole

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Persuade

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Sagacious

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Intelligent/Wise

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Oblivious

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Unaware/X Aware

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Entrenched

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Inborn / Firmly Fixed

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Dissuade

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X Force / X Put Pressure

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Implore

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Flatter/Beg

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Milestone

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Important Mark

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Insightful

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Intelligent/Wise

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Mannered

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Artificial/Pretense

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Coercion

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Force / Put Pressure

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Astute

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Intelligent/Wise

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Indefensible

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X Prove To Be Right

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Embody

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Best Example

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Ramble

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Go Off-Track

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Importune

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Flatter/Beg

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Lure

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Hortatory

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Persuade

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Secular

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Not Sacred / Worldly

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Epitome

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Best Example

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Judicious

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Intelligent/Wise

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Congenital

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Inborn / Firmly Fixed

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Beguile

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Desultory

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Go Off-Track

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Deface

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Spoil/Disfigure

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Archetype

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Best Example

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Astray

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Go Off-Track

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Sully

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Spotted/Stained

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Wheedle

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Persuade

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Compel

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Force / Put Pressure

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Acumen

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Intelligent/Wise

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Unravel

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Uncover A Secret

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Conspire

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Woo

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*Persuade

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Blemish

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Spotted/Stained

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Surly

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Tangential

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Go Off-Track

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Discriminating

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Intelligent/Wise

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Morose

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Necessitate

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Prove To Be Right

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Shrewd

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*Intelligent/Wise

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Gratuitous

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X Prove To Be Right

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Scheme

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Contrived

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Artificial/Pretense

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Impolitic

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X Intelligent/X Wise

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Toxic

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Impure/Poisonous

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Behold

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To See

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Intrinsic

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Inborn / Firmly Fixed

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Induce

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Persuade

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Posture

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Artificial/Pretense

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Behest

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Flatter/Beg

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Vitiate

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Impure/Poisonous

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Personify

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Best Example

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Connive

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Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Unearth

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Uncover A Secret

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Distort

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Spoil/Disfigure

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Entreaty

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Flatter/Beg

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Sage

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Intelligent/Wise

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Awry

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Go Off-Track

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Peevish

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Sulking / Bad-Tempered

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Oafish

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Stupid/Foolish

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Exhort

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Persuade

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Entice

A

Tempt/Plot/Trick (-)

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Cogent

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Persuade

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Untenable

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X Prove To Be Right