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1
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Brittle

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Easily broken; Difficult

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Conversant

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Familiar with

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Stilted

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Bombastic; Inflated

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Intellect

A

Higher mental powers

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Harbinger

A

Forerunner

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Voyeur

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Peeping tom

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Graft

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Piece of transplanted tissue; Portion of plant inserted in another plant

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Migratory

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Wandering

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Pandemonium

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Wild tumult

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Benefactor

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Gift giver; Patron

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Recidivism

A

Habitual return to crime

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Excise

A

Cut away; Cut out

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Avow

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Declare openly

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Epigram

A

Witty thought or saying, usually short

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Overbearing

A

Bossy and arrogant; Decisively important

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Protuberance

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Protrusion; Bulge

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Profane

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Violate; Desecrate; Treat unworthily

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Integrate

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Make whole; Combine; Make into one unit

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Dumbfound

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Astonish

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Dormer

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Winder projecting from roof

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Retinue

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Following; Attendants

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Magnate

A

Person of prominence or influence

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Scuttle

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Sink; Destroy; Wreck; Scrap

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Wallow

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Roll in; Indulge in; Become helpless

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Farce

A

Broad comedy; Mockery

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Denotation

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Meaning; Distinguishing by name

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Drone

A

Idle person; Male bee

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Champion

A

Support militantly or eagerly; Winner of first place or first prize in a contest; A supporter, defender of a cause

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Subsequent

A

Following; Later

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Celestial

A

Heavenly

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Grandeur

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Impressiveness; Stateliness; Majesty

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Arbiter

A

A person with power to decide a dispute; Judge

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Filament

A

Fine thread or fiber; Threadlike structure within a light bulb

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Irretrievable

A

Impossible to recover or regain; Irreparable

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Analogous

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Comparable

36
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Ordeal

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Severe trial or affliction

37
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Pittance

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A small allowance or wage

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Prude

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Excessively modest person

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Misdemeanor

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Minor crime

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Enrapture

A

Please intensely

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Petrify

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Turn to stone

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Hypothetical

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Based on assumptions or hypotheses; Supposed

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Uncouth

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Outlandish; Clumsy; Boorish

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Scurry

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Move briskly

45
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Affix

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Fasten; Attach; Add in

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