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Worthy of regret or condemnation

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Reprehensible

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With hands on hips and elbows bent out to the sides

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Akimbo

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Widespread; common

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Prevalent

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Very careful with money; thrifty

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Frugal

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Unfortunate or unfavorable situation

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Plight

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Unable to pay debts as they become due

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Insolvent

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Traits that are worthy of praise; the significant aspects of a legal case

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Merits

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To weaken authority, power or position furtively (I.e., in secret) and often gradually

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Undermine

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To treat as unimportant or less than equal; slender and/or frail

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Slight

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To think or meditate about something; to engage in a risky business

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Speculate

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11
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To suppress; to keep down

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Squelch

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12
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To stop bleeding

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Staunch

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13
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To steal (usually in petty amounts)

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Pilfer

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14
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To spoiled or make imperfect

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Mar

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15
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To smother or suppress

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Stifle

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16
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To revel in triumph with smug or malicious satisfaction

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Gloat

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17
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To repair or refurbish thoroughly and completely

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Overhaul

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18
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To put into action; to institute, begin or establish

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Implement

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19
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To predict (usually with divine inspiration); a prediction

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Prophecy

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20
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To plead or beg; to ask for earnestly and usually humbly

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Entreat

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21
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To pique (i.e., to arouse) the interest or desire of; to fascinate

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Intrigue

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22
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To perform services; to have an affect on

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Render

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23
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To move faster than; to achieve more than

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Outstrip

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24
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To make impossible; bar; prevent

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Preclude

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25
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To make immune or resistant to disease

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Immunize

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26
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To instill; to cause to spread throughout; to inspire

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Infusion

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27
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To free from oppression or bondage

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Liberate

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28
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To faint; to enter a state of rapture

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Swoon

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29
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To criticize or condemn openly

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Denounce

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30
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To conjure up; to cite as authority

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Invoke

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31
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Those who inherit money, property or authority

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Heirs

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31
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The long life or enduring quality of something

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Longevity

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31
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Those in favor of something

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Proponents

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32
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The formal withdrawal of a promise or claim

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Retraction

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33
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The ability to “bounce back”, recover or return to an original state

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Resilience

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34
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Tending to thrust in on, intrude, or encroach upon

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Intrusive

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35
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Tangible; perceptible to the touch

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Tactile

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36
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Support with evidence; to verify

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Substantiate

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37
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Strict or severe

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Stringent

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38
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Statement that contains seemingly contradictory terms

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Paradox

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39
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Something noticeable or noteworthy that serves as a guide to travelers

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Landmark

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40
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Skilled in maintaining good relations; socially skilled

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Tactful

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41
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Showing hesitation or unwillingness to do something

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Reluctant

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42
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Science dealing with nerves and nervous tissue

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Neuroscience

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43
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Rumor or gossip

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Scuttlebutt

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44
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Review carefully, usually with the intent of finding fault or error

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Scrutinize

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45
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Reserve supplies, usually of valuable or essential items

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Stockpile

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46
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Reproductive breeding within a specific group of closely related individuals

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Inbreeding

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47
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Relentless attack

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Siege

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48
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Relating to organs or living things; natural; containing carbon compounds

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Organic

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49
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Related to treating or considering the whole being rather than the individual parts

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Holistic

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50
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Provided in response to a temporary or urgent need

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Provisional

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51
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Presuming too much; audacious

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Presumptuous

52
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Preoccupied; lost in thought

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Abstracted

53
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Pouring forth in great volume or quantity

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Profusely

54
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Possessing supreme authority; independent

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Sovereign

55
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Planned course of training or treatment

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Regimen

56
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Personality that one projects (usually in public)

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Persona

57
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Peace; quiet; calm

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Serenity

58
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Passion (especially in the pursuit of something)

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Zeal

59
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Overwhelming (usually used to refer to an overwhelming political victory)

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Landslide

60
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Overly emotional, sensitive or irritable; not steady in performance

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Temperamental

61
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Outwardly show with regard to wealth, social status or ability (usually to a degree that is unjustified)

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Pretentious

62
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Outdated; not longer useful

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Obsolete

63
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One who appears to be righteous or virtuous but is not so in actions or deeds

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Hypocrite

64
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One of lower class, rank or position

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Subordinate

65
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Occurring infrequently without pattern

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Sporadic

66
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Objective or unbiased

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Indifferent

67
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Not important or significant; of no consequence

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Inconsequential

68
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Not friendly

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Hostile

69
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Not active in participation; submissive or peaceful

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Passive

70
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Never done before; unparalleled

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Unprecedented

71
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Neglect with regard to a duty; carelessness

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Negligence

72
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Mud or filth

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Muck

73
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Mock

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Jeer

74
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Juicy; full of liquid; enjoyable

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Succulent

75
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Irony or sarcasm that is intended to reveal human folly or vice

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Satire

76
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Intended to cause harm to another; spiteful

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Malicious

77
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Information distributed in order to further or damage a cause (usually a political cause)

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Propaganda

78
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Having acted as a critical or important part of (often used with “in”)

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Instrumental

79
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Having a spiritual meaning or a meaning that is neither apparent nor obvious

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Mystical

80
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Having a casual quality; lacking concern; showing indifference

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Nonchalant

81
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Gruesome; sickly

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Morbid

82
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Generous; tolerant; not having conservative views

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Liberal

83
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Full of yearning or pensive longing (pensive means sad and thoughtful)

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Wistful

84
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Freedom or exemption from disease or government authority

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Immunity

85
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Formal announcement

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Pronouncement

86
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Forerunner; the one that comes before

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Precursor

87
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Flexible; yielding to the wishes or demands of others

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Pliable

88
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Filled with ill will or the desire to harm another in a petty way

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Spiteful

89
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Filled with anger, disgust, or contempt

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Scornful

90
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Fearful

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Timid

91
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Extravagant; ornate

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Lavish

92
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Extemporize; to sing, act out, or play without a plan or script; to make it up as you go along; to “wing” it

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Improvise

93
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Eerie or very unusual

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Uncanny

94
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Easily noticed; distinguished

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Prominent

95
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Diverse color or kind

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Motley

96
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Deeply and emotionally moving

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Poignant

97
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Criticize or blame

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Reproach

98
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Courage; bravery

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Valor

99
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Contagious disease

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Plague

100
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Constant; not capable of being changed

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Invariable

101
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Connection or link

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Nexus

102
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Comfort (usually from sorrow or distress)

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Solace

103
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Clear; mentally sound

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Lucid

104
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Classify or categorize

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Pigeonhole

105
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Cautious; watchful

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Wary

106
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Cause to concentration about two contrasting positions

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Polarize

107
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Category (usually of literary works, movies or other dramatic performances)

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Genre

108
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Calm; peaceful

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Placid

109
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Brotherhood of men (usually a college social organization for male students)

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Fraternity

110
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Believable; possible

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Plausible

111
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Awkward; not in keeping with established standards

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Unseemly

112
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Arranged by layers; formed by layers

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Stratified

113
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An all-powerful ruler

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Monarch

114
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Allude to something (usually an event) beforehand

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Foreshadow

115
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Agreement

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Concord

116
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Act of pretending or faking

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Pretense

117
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A soldier for hire

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Mercenary

118
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A review or contemplation of past events

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Retrospective

119
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A platform (usually a raised one) with a stand (usually built to support a book and to hold a microphone) for a standing speaker

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Podium

120
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A period of one thousand years

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Millennium

121
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A natural inclination, tendency or liking

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Penchant

122
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A means (usually legal but unintentionally built into the rules) of evading or getting out of an otherwise binding situation

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Loophole

123
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A high pitched sound; to make a high pitched sound

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Shrill

124
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A great fire

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Conflagration

125
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A formidable and frustrating rival, normally one that cannot be overcome

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Nemesis

126
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A doorkeeper; a baggage handler

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Porter

127
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A command

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Mandate

128
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A comical imitation; a spoof

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Parody

129
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A (usually theatrical) performance in which emotions and/or actions are exaggerated for affect

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Melodrama

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