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1
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Ethnic

A

Relating to races

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Bluster

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Blow in heavy gusts; Threaten emptily; Bully; Noisy, violent, or threatening talk

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Quip

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Taunt

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Libel

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Defamatory statement; Act of writing something that smears a person’s character

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Topography

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Physical features of a region

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Bandy

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Discuss lightly or glibly; Exchange (words) heatedly

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Uninhibited

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Unrepressed

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Sheathe

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Place into a case

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Rectitude

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Uprightness; Moral virtue; Correctness of judgement

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Atypical

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Not normal

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Oscillate

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Vibrate pendulum-like; Waver

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Manifest

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Evident; Visible; Obvious

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Lull

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Moment of calm

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Anthology

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Book of literary selections by various authors

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Imbibe

A

Drink in

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Disjointed

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Disconnected

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Rationale

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Fundamental reason or justification; Grounds for an action

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished traditions

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Devotee

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Enthusiastic follower

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Detraction

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Slandering; Aspersion

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Dwindle

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Shrink; Reduce

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Excoriate

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Scold with biting harshness; Strip the skin off

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Bloated

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Swollen or puffed as with water or air

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Sunder

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Separate; Part

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Astronomical

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Enormously large or extensive

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Pontifical

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Pertaining to a bishop or pope; Pompous or pretentious

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Motif

A

Theme

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Veer

A

Change in direction

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Actuarial

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Calculating; Pertaining to insurance statistics

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Virtuoso

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Highly skilled artist

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Surly

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Rude; Cross

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Solitude

A

State of being alone; Seclusion

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Apposite

A

Appropriate; Fitting

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Sequester

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Isolate; Retire from public life; Segregate; Seclude

36
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Recast

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Reconstruct (a sentence, story)

37
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Boisterous

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Violent; Rough; Noisy

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Gruesome

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Grisly; Horrible

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Forswear

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Renounce; Abandon

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Doldrums

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Blues; Listlessness; Slack period

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Skeptic

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Doubter: Person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined

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Buffet

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Slap; Batter; Knock about; A meal at which people help themselves

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Inequity

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Unfairness

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Hibernate

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Sleep throughout the winter

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Relish

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Savor; Enjoy

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