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Gouge

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Makes a groove in

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Refractory

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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

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Supersede

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Take the place or move in the position of

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Stolid

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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Placate

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Cause to be more favorably inclined

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Inadvertently

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Without knowledge or intention

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Apprise

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Make aware of

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Efficacy

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Capacity or power to produce a desired effect

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Diffidence

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Lack of self assurance

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Tractable

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Readily reacting to suggestions and influences

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Lethargic

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Deficient in alertness or activity

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Pragmatic

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Concerned with practical matters

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one possible meaning

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Impurity

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The condition of extraneous elements

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Discredit

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Reject as false; refuse to accept

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Hardship

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Something hard to endure

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Grudging

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Petty or reluctant in giving or spending

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Mar

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Render imperfect

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Scabbard

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A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

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Upbraid

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Expresses criticism towards

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Warble

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Sing or play with trills

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Minute

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Infinitely or immeasurably small

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Accord

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A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Evident

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Clearly revealed to the mind or the sense or judgement

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Fraught

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Marked by distress

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Intend

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Have in mind as a purpose

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Conceit

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An artistic device or effect

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Equable

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Not varying

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Pastoral

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Devoted to raising sheep or cattle

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Disapprobation

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Pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

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Ellipsis

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Omission or suppression of parts as words or sentences

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking in courage, strength and resolution

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Yeoman

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A freeman who cultivated his own land

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Precept

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A doctrine hat is taught

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Nexus

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The means of connection between things linked in series

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Pork barrel

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Appropriations designed to ingratiate constituents

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Ensconce

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Fix firmly

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Punctuality

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At the proper time

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Vicissitude

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A variation in circumstances or fortune

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Pendulous

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Hangly loosely or bending downward

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Bibliophile

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Someone who loves and usually collect books

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Hicety

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A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

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Privation

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A state of extreme poverty

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Superannuated

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Old; no longer valid or fashionable

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Gainsay

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Take exception to

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Execrate

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Curse or declare to be evil or anathema

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Conceited

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Having an exaggerated sense of self importance

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Caucus

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A closed political meeting

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Stentorian

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Very loud and booming

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Defensive

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Intended or appropriate for detering aggressionnor attack

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Tenacious

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Stubbornly unyielding

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Complacent

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Contended to a fault with oneself or ones actions

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Fidelity

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Accuracy with which a system reproduces it’s input signal

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Succinct

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Briefly giving the gist of something

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Venerate

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Regard with feeling of respect and reverence

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Pivotal

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Being of crucial importance

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Amicable

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Characterized by friendship and goodwill

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Feign

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Give a false appearance of

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Reign

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Rule or have supreme power

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Coup

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A sudden and decisive change of government by force

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Abate

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Become less in amount or intensity

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Vain

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Characteristic of false pride

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Yield

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The income or profit arising from transaction

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Compel

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Force something to do something

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Advocate

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A person who pleads for a person, cause or idea

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Alleged

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Declared but not proved

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Cede

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Relinquished possession or control over

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Afflict

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Cause physical pain or suffering in

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Conspicuous

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Obvious to the eye or mind

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Insurgent

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A member of a irregular force that fights a stronger force

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Austere

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Severely simple

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Admonish

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Scold or reprimand;take to task

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Deference

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A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

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Neglected

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Disregarded

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Insinuate

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Suggest in an indirect or covert way;give to understand

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Explicate

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Make plain and comprehensible

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Decorum

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Propriety in manners and conduct

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Chagrined

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Feeling or cause to feel uneasy and self conscious

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Audacious

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Disposed to venture or take this

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Intrepid

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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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Surreptitious

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Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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Required

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Necessary by rule

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Stalwart

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Dependable

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Brusque

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Marked by rude or peremptory shortness

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Subordinate

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Lower in rank or importance

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Apprehensive

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In fear or dread of possible evil or harm

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Proscribe

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Command against

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Infallible

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Incapable of failure or error

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Meticulous

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Marked by precise accordance with details

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Deferential

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Showing courteous regard for people’s feelings

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Comply

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Act in accordance with someone’s rules, commands or wishes

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Deploy

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Use it distribute systematically or strategically

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Inept

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Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgement or finesse

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Conscientious

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Characterized by extreme case and great efforts

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Malevolent

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Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

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Treacherous

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Dangerously unstable and unpredictable

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Irate

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Feeling or showing extreme anger

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Antecedent

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A preceding occurrence or cause or event

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Lucidity

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Freedom from obscurity of expression; comprehensibility

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Corporeal

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Having material or physical form of substance