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(adj) lacking in strength, especially due to old age or illness

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Decrepit

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(v) to come together; to meet

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Converge

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Pommel

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(v) to strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club

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Absence

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(n) the fact of being gone or not present

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Converge

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(v) to come together; to meet

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Askance

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(adj) with a sideways glance, as with distrust

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(n) a desire to atone for wrongdoing

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Penitence

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Vapid

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(adj) lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

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Enthrall

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(v) to hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence

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(n) particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid

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Sediment

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Pyromania

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(n) an abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires

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(adj) with a sideways glance, as with distrust

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Askance

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(adj) having two possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways

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Ambiguous

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(n) the scientific study of plants

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Botany

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(n) the fact of being gone or not present

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Absence

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(v) to strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club

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Pommel

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Hypocrisy

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(n) professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one’s true beliefs or actions; insincerity

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(n) professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one’s true beliefs or actions; insincerity

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Hypocrisy

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Botany

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(n) the scientific study of plants

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(adj) lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

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Vapid

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Inhospitable

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(adj) ill-disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming

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(v) to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms

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Malign

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Penitence

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(n) a desire to atone for wrongdoing

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Diffidence

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(n) not trusting or believing in one’s self; self-doubt

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Ambiguous

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(adj) having two possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways

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Tortuous

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(adj) having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow

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(v) to move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state

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Regress

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Decrepit

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(adj) lacking in strength, especially due to old age or illness

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Regress

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(v) to move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state

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Foresight

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(n) the ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future

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Mollify

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(v) to calm or pacify

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(adj) occurring afterward

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Subsequent

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(n) not trusting or believing in one’s self; self-doubt

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Diffidence

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(adj) no longer used or useful

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Obsolete

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(n) a person, especially a child, with no home or prospects

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Waif

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(adj) having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow

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Tortuous

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(v) to calm or pacify

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Mollify

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(v) to hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence

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Enthrall

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Clumsy

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(adj) moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps

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(adj) moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps

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Clumsy

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(n) the ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future

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Foresight

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Malign

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(v) to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms

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Waif

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(n) a person, especially a child, with no home or prospects

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(v) to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage

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Undermine

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(n) an abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires

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Pyromania

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Undermine

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(v) to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage

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Obsolete

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(adj) no longer used or useful

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Sediment

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(n) particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid

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(adj) ill-disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming

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Inhospitable

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Subsequent

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(adj) occurring afterward

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