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Quarantine

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The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with a contagious disease

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Vacuous

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Empty

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Opulent

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Wealthy, Rich or Abundant

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Marvel

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To be astonished and perplexed because of something.

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Conspire

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To plot

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Discrepant

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Differing or inconsistent

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Exceed

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To go beyond, as in measure, quantity, value, action, power, skill and so on

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Frugal

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Economical

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Wreak

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To inflict. As in revenge or punishment

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Violate

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Changeable

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Simulate

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To imitate

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Oration

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An elaborate or formal public speech

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Loathe

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To abominate

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Loath

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Reluctant

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Genesis

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Creation

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Culpable

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Guilty

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Collide

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To meet and strike violently

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Disseminate

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To circulate

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Authentic

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Of undisputed origin

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Facsimile

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An exact copy or reproduction

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Intervene

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To interfere for some end

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Monotony

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A lack of variety

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Rendition

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Interpretation

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Zephyr

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Any soft, gentle wind

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Transcend

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To surpass

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Fluctuate

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To pass backward and forward Irregularly from one state or degree to another

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Demented

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Insane

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Accede

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To agree

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Transient

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Lasting a very short time

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Reverence

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A feeling of profound respect for someone or some thing

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Prosperity

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An economic state of growth or having a good fortune

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Adversity

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A stroke of ill fortune

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Fortuitous

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Having no cause or apparent cause ; Lucky

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Discredit

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To cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

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Affliction

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A state of pain, distress or grief

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Unwise

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Foolish

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Safeguard

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To protect

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Piccolo

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A small flute

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Mishap

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Misfortune

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Mania

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Insanity

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Lexicon

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A dictionary

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Inception

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The beginning

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Heifer

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A young, calf less cow

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Beneficial

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Helpful

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Desist

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To cease from action

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Fragile

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Capable of braking easy

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Hoard

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To gather or collect and keep

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Ire

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Wrath or anger

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Lapse

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A slight deviation from what is right, proper or just

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Narrator

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One who tells a story

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Frolicsome

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Playful

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Probe

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To search through and through

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Aroma

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An agreeable odour

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Auburn

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Reddish-Brown

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Cosmos

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The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement

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Immune

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Exempt, as from disease

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Knead

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To mix and work into a homogenous mass, especially with the hands

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Rapid

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Quick

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Submission

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The yielding of power or authority of another

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Waif

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A homeless person or wanderer

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Paraphrase

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To reword or translate freely

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Revile

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Subject to verbal abuse

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Brigand

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One who lives by robbery and plunder

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Jovial

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Merry or happy

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Ordnance

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A general name for all kinds of weapons and ammunition used in war

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Poignancy

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Severities or acuteness, especially in pain or grief

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Recur

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To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals

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Nunnery

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A convent for nuns

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Deride

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To ridicule

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Conjugate

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Joined together in pairs

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Abrupt

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Beginning, ending or changing suddenly

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Abeyance

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Temporary suspension

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Sturdy

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Well-Built

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Bullock

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A young bulk or ox

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Brevity

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Shortness of duration

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Veracious

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Truthful

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Pardon

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The excusing of an offence without exacting a penalty

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Lustrous

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Reflecting light evenly and effectively without glitter or sparkle

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Impertinent

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Characterised by rudeness

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Indigent

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Poor

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Null

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Having no value, or zero

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Buffoon

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Clown

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Terminate

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Come to an end

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Arbor

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A shelter of vines and branches or a tree

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Enmity

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Active hatred or I’ll will

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Craving

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An intense, abnormal, or urgent desire

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Dubious

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Of doubtful promise or outcome

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Confiscate

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To deprive of property

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Guile

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Deceitful or cunning

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Weal

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A sound, healthy or prosperous state

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Meager

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Sparse

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Deplore

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To feel or express grief or regret strongly

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Yearn

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To long for persistently, sadly, or wistfully

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Fraternal

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Relating to, or involving brothers

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Rigid

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Inflexible

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Ghastly

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Terrifyingly horrible to the senses

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Subterfuge

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Evasion

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Habitant

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Dweller

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Invalid

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Being without foundation

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Illustrious

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Famous

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Surround

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To enclose on all sides

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Benefit

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Something that promotes well being

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Cite

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To specify or refer to

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Recline

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Lean

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Spectator

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Observer

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Preserve

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To keep safe or intact

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Facilitate

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To help make easier or being about

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Paradigm

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Model

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Hinder

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Prevent

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Comfortable

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Enjoying contentment

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Secure

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Safe, not expose to danger or harm

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Assimilate

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To absorb

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Theory

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A proposed explanation

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Cognisance

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Awareness

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Flagrant

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Obvious or glaring

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Adept

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Very skilled, proficient ; Expert

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Pretend

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To appear falsely

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Clever

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Having sharp intelligence or wit

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Edible

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Able to eaten as food

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Pretense

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A false showing of something, dishonestly

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Inamorata

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Female lover, mistress

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Slake

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To cool or refresh

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Verdant

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Green with vegetation

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Paroxysm

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Sudden outburst

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Echinate

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Prickly

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Apex

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Top

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Penalty

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Consequence

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Abundant

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Plentiful

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Prattle

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Babble

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Licit

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Lawful

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Tacit

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Understood

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Contrived

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Premeditated

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Supplicate

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To seek it ask for humbly

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Brackish

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Somewhat salty

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Superior

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Higher in performance or rank

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Extreme

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Great in degree

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Elect

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To choose or select

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Avarice

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Greediness

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Rank

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A class in any scale or comparison

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Determinant

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A deciding factor or agent

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Resignation

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A formal request to end a situation or position

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Acquiescence

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Consent without objection

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Repel

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To resist

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Aversion

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Repugnance

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Strong distaste or inconsistency

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Hostility

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Antagonism, I’ll will

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Contradictory

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Opposite

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Paradox

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An absurd statement expressing possible truth

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Acrid

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Bitter to the senses

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Render

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To make or represent for viewing

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Disparity

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Lack of equality

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Concomitant

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Accompanying

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Arcane

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Mysterious or secret

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Edifice

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A large building or structure, often limiting view

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Genre

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A category having particular form

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Insular

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Isolated, as in a island

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Inane

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Lacking sense; silly

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Lionise

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To treat as or pursue company form a celebrity

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Melee

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Confusion or turmoil among people

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Lustre

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Sparkle or sheen

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Erratic

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Deviating from usual behaviour

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Garble

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To confuse unintentionally ; Jumble

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Dissemble

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To conceal truth

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Somber

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Dark and gloomy

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Propound

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To set fourth for consideration

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Mundane

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Earthly, ordinary and unimaginative

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Proactive

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Preparing, intervening or controlling an expected situation

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Occlude

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To close, shut or stop up

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Solicit

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To seek for (something) by request

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Rational

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Reasonable with sound judgment

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Pacify

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To restore a state of peace

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Sullen

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I’ll-humoured

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Obdurate

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Stubbornness

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Rotund

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Rounded or plump

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Utopia

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An ideal place or state, such as perfection

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Serene

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Calm; peaceful

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Fester

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To generate pus

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Indelible

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Cannot be erased, eliminated or forgotten

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Flourish

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To be successful, prosper or thrive

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Duress

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Forcible restraint

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Innuendo

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Insinuation of something generally supposed improper

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Interim

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An intervening time

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Divulge

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To disclose or revel

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Malleable

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Adaptable

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Malapropism

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The act of misusing words ridiculously

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Imbroglio

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A misunderstanding or disagreement

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Evince

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To reveal or show clearly

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Lucid

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Easily understood, clearly perceived

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Exhume

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To dig from the earth

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Immolate

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To sacrifice, especially by fire

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Distend

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To spread in all directions ; expand

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Forestall

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To prevent by action in advance

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Inert

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Having little or no ability to react

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Flux

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Flow or flowing

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Disperse

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To scatter in various directions

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Fulsome

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Offensive to good taste overdone

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Extrinsic

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Not a basic part or quality

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Fanatic

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A person with extreme enthusiasm

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Infringe

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To violate or trespass

201
Q

Hiatus

A

A break or interruption

202
Q

Emanate

A

To flow out, issue or proceed ; originate

203
Q

Inure

A

To accustom to hardship

204
Q

Ennui

A

Lack of interest ; Boredom

205
Q

Kindle

A

To start a fire

206
Q

Interlude

A

An intervening episode, period or space

207
Q

Laconic

A

Using few words

208
Q

Chronic

A

Constant or habitual

209
Q

Allege

A

To assert without proof

210
Q

Apposite

A

Suitable ; Well adapted

211
Q

Dilatory

A

Tending to delay

212
Q

Cohort

A

A companion, group or company

213
Q

Apathy

A

Absence of passion or emotion

214
Q

Indolent

A

Slothful or benign

215
Q

Fatuous

A

Foolish

216
Q

Infest

A

To overrun in a troublesome degree

217
Q

Fecund

A

Very productive

218
Q

Elocution

A

The study/practise of oral delivery or gesture

219
Q

Hubris

A

Arrogance

220
Q

Irascible

A

Easily provoked to anger ; irritable

221
Q

Heinous

A

Hateful

222
Q

Latent

A

Existing as potential

223
Q

Entity

A

Something that has real existence

224
Q

Grovel

A

To humble oneself in great fear or humility

225
Q

Minion

A

A minor official

226
Q

Extort

A

To obtain by force, intimidation, threat or violence

227
Q

Malevolent

A

Wishing Evil or harm to others

228
Q

Oblique

A

No straight or direct

229
Q

Solemn

A

Seriousness

230
Q

Sunder

A

Separate

231
Q

Surmise

A

To guess

232
Q

Palpable

A

Obvious; evident

233
Q

Qualm

A

An uneasy feeling

234
Q

Stupor

A

Suspension of sense ability

235
Q

Retract

A

To draw back or in

236
Q

Obscure

A

Not clear, hard to perceive

237
Q

Turbid

A

Thick or dense, as smoke or clouds

238
Q

Pathos

A

Ability to evoke a feeling or pity or comparison

239
Q

Tenuous

A

Thin

240
Q

Penury

A

Extreme poverty

241
Q

Obtrusive

A

Impairing oneself or opinions or others

242
Q

Procure

A

To obtain by car, effort or special means

243
Q

Static

A

Showing little or no change ; fixed

244
Q

Boisterous

A

Rowdy

245
Q

Transpire

A

To occur, happen ; Take place

246
Q

Viable

A

Capable of living

247
Q

Ulterior

A

Being beyond what is seen ; Intentionally kept concealed

248
Q

Sacrilege

A

The violation of something held sacred

249
Q

Pliable

A

Flexible

250
Q

Nexus

A

A connected series or group

251
Q

Prolix

A

Great or tedious length

252
Q

Dispirit

A

To deprive of spirit or hope

253
Q

Induce

A

To bring about ; Produce ; Cause

254
Q

Dross

A

Waste matter

255
Q

Embroil

A

To throw into confusion ; Complicate

256
Q

Inveigh

A

To protest strongly

257
Q

Futile

A

Ineffective ; Not successful

258
Q

Extricate

A

To free or release ; Disengage

259
Q

Facetious

A

Not meant to be taken serious ; Joking inappropriately

260
Q

Abrogate

A

Abolish

261
Q

Abysmal

A

Extremely severe

262
Q

Raffish

A

Tawdry

263
Q

Strident

A

Harsh

264
Q

Mulct

A

To defraud

265
Q

Taciturn

A

Temperamentally silent

266
Q

Chimera

A

Monster

267
Q

Concocted

A

Invented

268
Q

Embonpoint

A

Plumpness

269
Q

Dulcet

A

Harmonious

270
Q

Terse

A

Brief

271
Q

Arcanum

A

A secret

272
Q

Cursory

A

Superficial

273
Q

Allot

A

Assign

274
Q

Defective

A

Flawed

275
Q

Eldritch

A

Eerie ; Weird

276
Q

Exempt

A

Excused

277
Q

Crimson

A

Red

278
Q

Amateur

A

Novice

279
Q

Debouch

A

Emerge

280
Q

Inconsequential

A

Irrelevant

281
Q

Protracted

A

Extended

282
Q

Acute

A

Sharp

283
Q

Kvetch

A

To complain

284
Q

Avocation

A

Hobby

285
Q

Mawkish

A

Sentimental

286
Q

Incoherent

A

Unintelligible

287
Q

Proclivity

A

Predisposition

288
Q

Antithesis

A

Completely opposite

289
Q

Reference

A

Mention

290
Q

Insinuate

A

To suggest

291
Q

Acquaint

A

To introduce

292
Q

Ventilate

A

To oxygenate

293
Q

Compendium

A

Summary

294
Q

Descry

A

To discover

295
Q

Kraal

A

A livestock enclosure

296
Q

Penultimate

A

Next to the last

297
Q

Quotidian

A

Daily

298
Q

Various

A

Numerous

299
Q

Adjournment

A

End

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