Vocabulary List 12 Flashcards

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Infinitesimal

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Small

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Inveterate

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Used To

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Extirpate

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Remove/Destroy

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Eradicate

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Remove/Destroy

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Grudging

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To Do Reluctantly (-)

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Scrupulous

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Careful/Precise

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Subvert

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Weaken

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Deduce

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To Guess / Infer

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Fastidious

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Careful/Precise

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Habituate

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Used To

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Bolster

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Strengthen/Support

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Inure

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Used To

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Immune

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Used To

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Speculate

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Theory Without Evidence

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Finicky

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Fussy (-)

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Frail

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Weak/Fragile

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Trifle

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Insignificant

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Adjacent

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Place Side By Side

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Gargantuan

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Huge/Big

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Conjecture

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To Guess/Infer

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Colossal

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Huge/Big

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Ostracize

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Exclude/Forbid

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Fortify

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Strengthen/Support

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Saturate

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Fully Satisfied

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Comprehend

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Understand

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Balk

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To Do Reluctantly (-)

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Dissertation

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Long Essay/Speech

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Forthright

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Frank

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Callous

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X Sympathy

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Punctilious

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Careful/Precise

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Satiate

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Fully Satisfied

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Towering

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Huge/Big

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Marginal

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Insignificant

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Flimsy

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Weak/Fragile

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Alacrity

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To Do Happily (+)

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Sybarite

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Desiring Only Pleasure

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Wanting

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Lacking

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Empathy

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Sympathy

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Implicit

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Substantial

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X Weak/Fragile

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Minuscule

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Small

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42
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Fathom

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Understand

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Empirical

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X Theory Without Evidence

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Construe

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To Guess / Infer

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Tactile

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X Weak/Fragile

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Hypothetical

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Theory Without Evidence

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Prime

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Strengthen/Support

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Devoid

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Lacking

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Bastion

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Strengthen/Support

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Misnomer

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Mistake / Act Done Carelessly

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Agnostic

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Pertaining To Religion

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Deprived

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Lacking

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Theist

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Pertaining To Religion

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Taboo

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Exclude/Forbid

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Prop

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Strengthen/Support

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Pious

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Pertaining To Religion

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Tenuous

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Weak/Fragile

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Abut

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Place Side By Side

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Palpable

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X Weak/Fragile

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Extrapolate

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To Guess / Infer

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Atheist

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Pertaining To Religion

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Blatant

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X Hint /X Indirect Reference

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Raze

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Remove/Destroy

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Discourse

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Long Essay/Speech

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Negligible

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Insignificant

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Hedonist

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Desiring Only Pleasure

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Voluminous

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Huge/Big

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Expunge

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Remove/Destroy

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Gigantic

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Huge/Big

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Intangible

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Weak/Fragile

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Explicit

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X Hint /X Indirect Reference

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Perish

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Remove/Destroy

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Suffice

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Fully Satisfied

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Shun

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Exclude/Forbid

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Melodramatic

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Dramatic Behavior

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Diminutive

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Small

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Botch

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Mistake / Act Done Carelessly

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Obliging

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To Do Happily (-)

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Buttress

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Strengthen/Support

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Quench

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Fully Satisfied

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Compassion

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Sympathy

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Shades

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Minor Differences

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Cue

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Tacit

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Stickler

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Fussy (-)

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Token

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Insignificant

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Insinuate

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Decimate

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Remove/Destroy

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Undermine

A

Weaken

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Conscientious

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Careful/Precise

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Squeamish

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Fussy (-)

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Patent

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X Hint /X Indirect Reference

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Assimilate

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Understand

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Finesse

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X Mistake / X Act Done Carelessly

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Indelible

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X Remove/X Destroy

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Titanic

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Huge/Big

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Apprehend

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Understand

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Theology

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Pertaining To Religion

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Illegible

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X Understand

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Meticulous

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Careful/Precise

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Tactless

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Mistake / Act Done Carelessly

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Subtle

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Minor Differences

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Nitpicking

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Fussy (-)

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Persnickety

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Fussy (-)

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Rhetoric

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Long Essay/Speech

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Behemoth

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Huge/Big

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Humongous

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Huge/Big

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Erode

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Weaken

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Innuendo

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Contiguous

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Place Side By Side

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Allude/Allusion

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Hint / Indirect Reference

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Intelligible

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Understand

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Prodigious

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Huge/Big

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Monolithic

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Huge/Big

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Bungle

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Mistake / Act Done Carelessly

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Purist

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Careful/Precise

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Annihilate

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Remove/Destroy

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Efface

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Remove/Destroy

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Nuances

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Minor Differences

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Mammoth

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Huge/Big

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Bereft

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Lacking

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Replete

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Fully Satisfied

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Histrionic

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Dramatic Behavior

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Nice

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Careful/Precise

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Obliterate

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Remove/Destroy

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Gratify

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Fully Satisfied

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Juxtaposition

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Place Side By Side

128
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Proselytize

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Pertaining To Religion

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Undercut

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Weaken

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Minute

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Insignificant

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Exterminate

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Remove/Destroy

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Monumental

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Huge/Big

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Surmise

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To Guess / Infer

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Paltry

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Insignificant

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Slight

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Small

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Candid/Candor

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Frank

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Under Gird

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X Weaken