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Mutability

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Ability to change in form; Fickleness

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Timorous

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Fearful; Demonstrating fear

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Amend

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Correct; Change, generally for the better

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Drone

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Talk dully; Buzz or murmur like a bee

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Anguish

A

Acute pain; Extreme suffering

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Enumerate

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List; Mention one by one

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Revert

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Relapse; Backslide; Turn back to

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Sanctimonious

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Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

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Pristine

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Characteristic of earlier times; Primitive; Unspoiled

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Shirk

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Avoid (responsibility, work, etc.)

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Wean

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Accustom a bay to not nurse; Give up a cherished activity

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Lewd

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Lustful

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Nauseate

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Cause to become sick; Fill with disgust

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Plenitude

A

Abundance; Completeness

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Infirmity

A

Weakness

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Incorporate

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Introduce something into a larger whole; Combine; Unite

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Imperceptible

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Unnoticeable; Undetectable

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Bestial

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Beastlike; Brutal

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Invective

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Abuse

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Annihilate

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Destroy

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Perjury

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False testimony while under oath

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Anonymous

A

Having no name

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Convoluted

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Coiled around; Involved; Intricate

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Sanction

A

Approve; Ratify

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Appall

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Dismay; Shock

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Acetic

A

Vinegary

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Nip

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Stop something’s growth or development; Snip off; Bite; Make numb with cold

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Shrewd

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Clever; Astute

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Gaffe

A

Social blunder

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Austere

A

Forbiddingly stern; Severely simple and unornamented

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Profusion

A

Overabundance; Lavish expenditure; Excess

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Beatific

A

Giving bliss; Blissful

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Sanctuary

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Refuge; Shelter; Shrine; Holy place

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Brawn

A

Muscular strength; Sturdiness

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Litigation

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Lawsuit

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Venial

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Forgivable; Trivial

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Paradigm

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Model; Example; Pattern

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Ambivalence

A

The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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Yen

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Longing; Urge

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Permeable

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Penetrable; Porous; Allowing liquids or gas to pass through

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Incompatible

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Inharmonious

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Apex

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Tip; Summit; Climax

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Centrifugal

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Radiating; Departing from the center

44
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Baffle

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Frustrate; Perplex

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Spat

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Squabble; Minor dispute

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