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1
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Rebuff

A

Snub; Beat back

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Aesthetic

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Artistic; Dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

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Innovation

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Change; Introduction of something new

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Impeccable

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Faultless

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Annotate

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Comment; Make explanatory notes

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Balm

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Something that relieves pain

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Tarry

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Delay; Dawdle

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Purchase

A

Firm grasp or footing (secondary meaning)

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Ubiquitous

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Being everywhere; Omnipresent

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Marsupial

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One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch

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Plutocracy

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Society ruled by the wealthy

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Fervent

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Ardent; Hot

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Scaffold

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Temporary platform for workers; Bracing framework; Platform for execution

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Barren

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Desolate Fruitless and unproductive; Lacking

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Defer

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Delay till later; Exempt temporarily

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped by pounding; Impressionable

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Discomfit

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Put to rout; Defeat; Disconcert

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Impalpable

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Which cannot be felt by touch; Intangible; Imperceptible

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Fleck

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Spot

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Chaff

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Worthless products of an endeavor

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Sacrilegious

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Desecrating; Profane

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Protégé

A

Person receiving protection and support from a patron

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Irresolute

A

Uncertain how to act; Weak

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Replicate

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Reproduce; Duplicate

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Seethe

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Be disturbed with); Boil or be very excited or angry

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Pert

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Impertinent; Forward

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Apparition

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Ghost; Phantom

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Repercussion

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Rebound; Reverberation; Reaction

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Plaudit

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Enthusiastically worded approval; Round of applause

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Recount

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Narrate or tell; Count over again

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Suppress

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Stifle; Overwhelm; Subdue; Inhibit

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Solicit

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Request earnestly; Seek

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Bicker

A

Quarrel

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Concede

A

Amit; Yield

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Cabal

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Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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Tundra

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Rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

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Laconic

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Brie and to the point

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Stereotype

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Fixed and unvarying representation; Standardized mental picture, often reflecting prejudice

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Amalgamate

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Combine; United in one body

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Wheedle

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Cajole; Coax; Deceive by flatter

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Nirvana

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In Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude

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Blunder

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Error

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Interminable

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Endless

44
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Geniality

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Cheerfulness; Kindliness; Sympathy

45
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Attribute

A

Essential quality

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