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abstruse

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hard to understand

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adhere

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stick, believe in and follow the practices of

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affront

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insult “in your face”

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aggravate

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worsen, annoy

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alleviate

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to relieve

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allocate

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to assign

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ambiguous

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unclear in meaning, confusing

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ambivalent

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undecided, having opposing feelings simultaneously

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amenable

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obedient, agreeable

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anthology

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a collection, especially of literary works

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anticipation

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expectation

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antipodal

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exactly opposite

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antithesis

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the direct opposite

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astute

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keen in judgement (a student can observe the judgement of the class)

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asylum

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a place of safety (a sigh of relief)

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autocratic

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extremely bossy

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autonomous

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acting independently

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benign

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gentle, kind

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bluster

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to be loud or aggressive

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bombast

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showy speech

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burgeon

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to expand

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buttress

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strengthen or defend

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callous

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insensitive (even if you don’t call Lous, he won’t mind: he is callous)

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castigate

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criticize severely

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cerebral

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brainy

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compensated

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repay/offset

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compile

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produce by assembling information on other sources

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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comprise

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consist of, be made up of

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concede

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admit to be true after denying it/to yield a position

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congregate

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to come together

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conspicuous

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easily seen, impossible to miss
(obvious)

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contiguous

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side by side

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contraband

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smuggled goods

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contretemps

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an embarrassing occurrence

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contrived

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forced

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corrugated

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shaped with folds or waves

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated

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credulous

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eager to believe

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debase

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to lower in quality or value

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debilitate

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to weaken

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decry

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to put down, to denounce

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defame

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to ruin the good name of

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defile

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to make filthy

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defunct

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no longer in existence

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degrade

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to lower in dignity or status

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deign

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to think it in accordance with one’s dignity

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dejected

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depressed

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denomination

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a classification, a category

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denounce

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condemn openly (announce negative things)

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deplete

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to decrease the supply of, to use up

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deplore

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to regret, to lament

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deride

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to ridicule

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descend

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move or fall downwards

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despondent

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extremely depressed (not responding well)

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dextrous

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skillfull

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disparage

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to belittle (display rage)

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disparate

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things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison

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disperse

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spread over a large area

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“e’en”

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“even”

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elusive

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hard to pin down

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encroach

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to make gradual inroads into

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engulf

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powerfully affect, overwhelm/ surrounding, covering

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enhance

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increase

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epitome

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the perfect example of something

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equanimity

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calm

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equitable

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fair

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equivocal

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intentionally being ambiguous, intentionally confusing,

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erudition

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impressive or extensive knowledge (education)

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eulogy

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a spoken or written tribute to a person

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evoke

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to awaken, to produce or suggest

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execute

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carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action)

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exonerate

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to free completely from blame, impunity

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exorbitant

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excessive

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expatriate

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to move away from one’s native land

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expedient

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providing an immediate advantage

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expedite

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to speed up

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fallacy

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a false idea

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fiscal

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pertaining to financial matters

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flagrant

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obviously bad

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flaunt

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to show off

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fledgling

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inexperienced, immature

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flippant

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meaninglessly disrespectful

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for instance

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for example

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gaffe

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an embarrassing mistake (wobbly neck of the giraffe)

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grapple

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wrestle

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haphazard

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random

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“hast”

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“have”

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hence

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for this reason

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hinder

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create difficulties for so or smt that cause delay

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ignominy

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deep disgrace

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impede

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to delay

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impugn

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to attack, especially to attack the truth or the integrity of something

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impunity

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freedom from punishment or harm

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indict

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to charge with a crime

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indifferent

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not caring one way or another

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indignant

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angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy, insulted

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indolent

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lazy (in the doll land..)

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inept

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clumsy (in-not apt-skill)

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inexplicable

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unable to be explained

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innocuous

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mild or unharmful

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inquiry

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investigation, research, study

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insolent

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arrogant, insulting (ins_olent ins_ulting)

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insular

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isolated, like an island (insulation for the house makes it an island of heat)

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intricacy

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the quality of being complex or having interconnected parts

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invoke

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to call on as in prayer

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irrevocable

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irreversible, cannot be taken back

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lament

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to mourn (lame ending)

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laud

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praise

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lavish

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to spend freely

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magnanimous

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forgiving, generous

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malaise

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feeling of depression, uneasiness

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malapropism

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humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a different meaning

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malfeasance

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an illegal act

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malignant

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causing harm

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malinger

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to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work (-ah ma linger hurts -thats not even a..)

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mediate

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to help settle differences (median number)

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mercenary

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fighting or doing anything for money

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neologism

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a new word or phrase

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nomenclature

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a set of system of names, a terminology

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ominous

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threatening (oh minus, ominous things might happen)

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orthodox

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adhering to established principles

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oscillate

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to swing back and forth

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oversee

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supervise, keep an eye on

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palliative

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to relieve without getting rid of the problem

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partisan

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one who supports a particular person or an idea

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pathos

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that which makes people feel pity or sorrow

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pedantic

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boringly scholarly or academic (this ped is antic)

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penchant

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a strong taste or liking for something (“le pen a enchante” said the fake French)

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penitent

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sorry (prison)

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peripatetic

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wandering, traveling continually

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persist

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continue to exist, also in a insisting way

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pervade

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to spread throughout (invade)

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posterity

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future generations

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posthumous

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occurring after one’s death

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premeditated

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planned

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proliferate

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to spread or grow rapidly (the chocolate sauce of profiterol is proliferate: it spread out of the bowl, its getting too much)

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prolific

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productive, fruitful abundantly (the chocolate sauce of the profiterol is prolific: it only has one spoon of flour and its a pan full of sauce)

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prominent

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important

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prudent

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careful, having foresight (a proud student is prudent with her schoolwork)

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reciprocal

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mutual, shared (6/8 and 8/6)

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redundant

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unnecessarily repetitive

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refute

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prove to be wrong, deny

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replete

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completely filled

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repugnant

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offensive, disgusting

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resignation

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passive submission (resigning employee is in depressed resignation)

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resourceful

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skilled

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reticent

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quiet, restrained (retired citizens are quiet)

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rhetoric

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the art of speaking or writing

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rudimentary

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basic, unformed or undeveloped (before elementary school, he was rudimentary)

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sagacious

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wise (sage is a wise character)

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solidarity

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union, togetherness, cooperation

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specious

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deceptively attractive (have you seen the new species of unicorns? they are specious)

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sporadic

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here and there, occasionally

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squander

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to waste

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substantiate

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to prove, to verify (sub-under proof under)

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surmised

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form an idea or assumption with little evidence, guess

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survey

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examine or consider something carefully

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tangential

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irrelevant, off-topic

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temporize

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to cause delay through indecision

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tentative

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experimental, uncertain (im not sure how to set a tent)

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tenuous

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extremely thin (ten means skin in Turkish which is a very thin layer)

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“thou”

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“you”

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thwart

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to prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate

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“thy”

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“your”

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to aver

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state it with confidence, as you know it to be the truth

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brawny

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having muscles, strength

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underscore

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to underline, to emphasize (underlined pages get you high scores)

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veracious

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habitually truthful

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veracity

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truthfulness

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verisimilitude

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similarity to reality

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verity

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something true

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versatility

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ability to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities

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vestigate

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a remaining bit of something

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vex

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to annoy

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vie

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to compete

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vigilant

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constantly alert, watchful

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vocation

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an occupation, a job

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volition

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will, concsious choice

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waive

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refrain from demanding (a rule or fee)

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repudiate

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refuse, reject

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recant

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changing mind, unsay, give up

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proclaim

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announce, declare

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contemporary

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noun) peer, equal adjective) modern

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lace

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connect, be attached to

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“mirth”

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fun

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“brook”

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stream

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imperceptible

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unnoticeable

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prevail

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defeat, overpower

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succumb

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surrender

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diverge

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disagree, move in different directions

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comparable to

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able to be likened to another; similar

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subsequently

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later, after

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dispute

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argue against

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dormant

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inactive

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confined to

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restricted to

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impenetrable

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impossible to enter

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indecipherable

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impossible to understand

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imitate

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mimic

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latent

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dormant, functionless

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“folly”

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poor judgement

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cited

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mentioned

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obstruct

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block, clog

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postulate

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suggest, theorize

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