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abasa

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lower, humiliate

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abash

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embarass

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abdicate

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renounce; give up

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aberrant

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abnormal or deviant

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abet

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aid, usually in doing something wrong

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abject

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wretched, lacking pride

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abjure

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renounce upon oath

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abnegation

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repudiation, self-sacrifice

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aboriginal

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being the first of its kind in a region

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abortive

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unsuccessful; fruitless

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abrade

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wear away by friction, scrape, erode

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abscond

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depart secretly and hide

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absolve

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pardon

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abut

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border upon

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abysmal

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bottomless

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accede

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agree

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acclivity

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sharp upslope of a hill

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accord

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agreement

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accost

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approach and speak first to a person

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accoutre

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equip (The fisherman was accoutred with the best supplies) (accoutrements - n.)

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acerbity

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bitterness of speech and temper

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acetic

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vinegary

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acidulous

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slightly sour

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acme

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top, pinnacle

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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actuarial

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calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics

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acuity

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sharpness

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acumen

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mental keenness

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acute

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quickly perceptive

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adage

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saying; proverb

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addle

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muddle

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adjunct

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something added on or attached

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admonition

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warning

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adroit

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skillful

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adulterate

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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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advent

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arrival

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aerie

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nest of a large bird of prey

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affected

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artificial; pretended

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affidavit

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written statement made under oath

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affinity

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kinship

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affix

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fasten, attach, add on

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affront

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insult, offense, intentional act of disrespect

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aggrandize

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increase or intensify

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alacrity

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cheerful promptness

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alcove

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nook; small, recessed section of a room

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alimentary

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supplying nourishment

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allay

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calm; pacify

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allege

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state without proof

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allegory

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story in which characters are used as symbols

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alloy (n.)

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mixture of metals

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alloy (v.)

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mix; make less pure

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aloft

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upward

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amalgamate

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combine; unite in one body

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amble

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moving at an easy pace

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ambulatory

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able to walk; not bedridden

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ameliorate

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improve

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amenable

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readily managed

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amnesia

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loss of memory

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amnesty

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pardon

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anathema

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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

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anemia

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condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles

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anesthetic

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substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

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animus

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hostile feeling or intent

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annals

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records; history

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antecede

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precede

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antecedents

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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later

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anthropocentric

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regarding human beings as the center of the universe

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anthropoid

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manlike

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anticlimax

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letdown in thought or emotion

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antithesis

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contrast; direct opposite of or to

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ape

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imitate or mimic

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apex

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tip; summit; climax

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aplomb

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poise; assurance

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apologist

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one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

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apostate

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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

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apotheosis

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elevation to godhood, an ideal example of something

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appellation

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name, title

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append

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attach

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apposite

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appropriate; fitting

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apprise

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inform

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approbation

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approval

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apropos

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with reference to

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aquiline

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curved, hooked

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arbiter

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a person with power to decide a dispute

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arbitrator

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judge

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arcane

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secret; mysterious

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arraign

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charge in court; indict

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array

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marshal; draw up in order OR clothe, adorn

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arrears

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being in debt (in arrears with his payments on the car)

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arrest

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stop or slow down

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artifice

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deception; trickery

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artless

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without guile; open and honest

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ascertain

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find out for certain

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ascribe

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refer; attribute; assign

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aseptic

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preventing infection

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askance

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with a sideways or indirect look

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asperity

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sharpness (of temper)

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aspersion

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slander; slur; derogatory remark

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aspirant

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seeker after position or status

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assail

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assault

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assay

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analyze; evaluate

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assent

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agree; accept

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astral

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relating to the stars

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asunder

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apart; in parts

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atavism

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reversion to an earlier type; throwback (In his love for gardening, Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan forebears)

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attenuate

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make thin, weaken

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attrition

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gradual decrease in numbers

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audit

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examination of accounts

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august

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impressive, majestic

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auspicious

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favoring success

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autocratic

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having absolute, unchecked power

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automaton

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robot

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auxiliary

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helper, additional or subsidiary

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aver

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assert confidently; affirm

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averse

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reluctant; disinclined

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avocation

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secondary or minor occupation

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avow

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declare openly

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axiom

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self-evident truth requiring no proof

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azure

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sky blue

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badinage

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teasing conversation

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baleful

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deadly; having a malign influence; ominous

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balk

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foil or thwart; stop short

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ballast

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heavy substance used to add stability or weight

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banal

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hackneyed; commonplace

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bandy

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discuss lightly or glibly

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bane

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cause of ruin

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barb

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sharp projection from fishhook, etc.

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bard

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poet

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baroque

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highly ornate

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bate

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let down, restrain

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bawdy

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indecent; obscene

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beatific

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giving bliss; blissful

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beatitude

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blessedness; state of bliss

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bedraggle

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wet thoroughly; stain with mud

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beget

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father; produce; give rise to

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beleaguer

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besiege or attack; harassed

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bemoan

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lament; express disapproval of

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bemused

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confused; lost in thought

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benediction

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blessing

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benefactor

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gift-giver; patron

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beneficiary

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person entitled to the benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

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bereavement

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state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

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bereft

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deprived of; lacking

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beset

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harass or trouble; hem in

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besmirch

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soil; defile

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bestial

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beastlike, brutal

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biennial

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every two years

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bilious

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suffering from indigestion

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bilk

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swindle; cheat

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blanch

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bleach, whiten

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blandishment

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flattery

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blase

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bored with pleasure or dissipation

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blithe

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gay; joyous; carefree

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bluff (adj.)

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rough but good-natured

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bluff (n.)

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pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff

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bode

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foreshadow; portend

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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boon

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blessing; benefit

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boorish

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rude; insensitive

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bourgeois

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middle class; selfishly materialistic

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bowdlerize

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expurgate (remove all traces of)

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brandish

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wave around

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browbeat

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bully; intimidate

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brusque

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blunt; abrupt

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bucolic

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rustic; pastoral

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buffet (rhymes with muffet)

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slap; batter; knock about

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bulwark

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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

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bumptious

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self-assertive (insistence on or an expression of one’s own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like)

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bungle

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mismanage; blunder

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bureaucracy

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over-regulated administrative system

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burgeon

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grow forth; send out buds

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burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules

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burnish

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make shiny by rubbing; polish

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cabal

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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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cache

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hiding place

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callous

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hardened; unfeeling

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callow

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youthful

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calorific

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heat-producing

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calumny

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malicious, misrepresentation; slander

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cant

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insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves

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cantankerous

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ill humored; irritable

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canter

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slow gallop

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canto

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division of a long poem

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canvass

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determine votes, etc.

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capacious

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spacious

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capitulate

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surrender

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cardinal

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chief

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careen

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lurch; sway from side to side

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castigate

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criticize severely

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cataclysm

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violent upheaval

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categorical

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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

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catholic

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broadly sympathetic; liberal

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caucus

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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

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caulk

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make watertight by filling in cracks

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causal

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implying a cause-and-effect relationship

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caustic

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burning; sarcastically biting

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cavalcade

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procession; parade

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cavalier

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offhand or casual; haughty

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cavil

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make frivolous objections

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celerity

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speed; rapidity

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cerebration

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thought

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cessation

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stoppage

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavor

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chaffing

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bantering; joking

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chary

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cautious

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chasten

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discipline

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot; blindly devoted to an ideal

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chicanery

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trickery, deception

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chide

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scold

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chimerical

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fantastically improbable

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chisel (v.)

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swindle or cheat

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choleric

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hot-tempered

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churlish

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boorish; rude

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cipher

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secret code OR nonentity; worthless person or thing

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circumscribe

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limit; confine

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circumspect

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prudent; cautious

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clamber

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climb by crawling

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clandestine

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secret

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clangor

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loud, resounding noise

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clemency

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disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather

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clime

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region, climate

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cloister

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monastery or convent

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clout

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great influence

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cloying

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distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental

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coagulate

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thicken; congeal; clot

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codify

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arrange (laws, rules) as a code

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cogent

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convincing

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cogitate

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think over

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cognate

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related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature

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coiffure

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hairstyle

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collate

A

examine in order to verify authenticity

232
Q

collateral

A

security given for loan

233
Q

collusion

A

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme

234
Q

comely

A

attractive; agreeable

235
Q

comeuppance

A

rebuke; deserts

236
Q

commensurate

A

equal in extent (to be commensurate with means to be equal to)

237
Q

commiserate

A

feel or express pity or sympathy for

238
Q

commodious

A

spacious ad comfortable

239
Q

complaisant

A

trying to please; obliging

240
Q

compunction

A

remorse

241
Q

concentric

A

having a common center

242
Q

concerted

A

mutually agreed upon

243
Q

concomitant

A

that which accompanies

244
Q

concord

A

harmony

245
Q

condole

A

express sympathetic sorrow

246
Q

congeal

A

freeze; coagulate

247
Q

congenial

A

pleasant; friendly

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