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Contentious

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Likely to cause people to argue or disagree, involving a lot of arguing , likely or willing to argue

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Convene

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Meet formally

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Competent

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Having the necessary ability or skills, able to do something well or well enough to meet a standard, able to take part in trial

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Emulate

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To strive to be equal or match

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Astound

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Overwhelm with astonishment or amazement

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Admonish

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To speak to someone in a way that expresses disapproval or criticism.

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Amend

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To change some of the words and often the meaning of a law or document to change and improve something such as a mistake or bad situation.

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Ecstatic

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Very happy or exited

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Eccentric

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Strange or unusual

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Dogmatic

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Expressing personal opinions or beliefs as if they are correct

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Disseminate

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To cause to become widely known

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Dispute

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To argue about something to create a small rivelary

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Succumb

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To stop trying to resist something and die

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Glee

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A strong feeling of happiness and merriment

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Tether

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Restraint consisting of a rope to restrain an animal

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Tamper

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Alter or falsely, usually secretively or dishonestly

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Enigma

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Something or someone that is difficult to understand or explain

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Susceptible

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Yielding readily or capable of

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Perjury

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Criminal offence of making false statements under oath

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Heterogeneous

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Consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature

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Fanatic

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A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm

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Condone

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To forgive or approve or allow to continue

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Deplore

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To hate or dislike

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Inert

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Unable to move or resist motion

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Censor

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A person who examines things to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to the society

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Judicious

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Marked by the excersize of good judgement in practical matters

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Hallowed

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Worth of religious veneration, holy or blessed

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Chronic

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Keeps recurring or long-lasting

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Ebullient

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Lively and enthusiastic

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Shrewd

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Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

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Taut

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Pulled or drawn out tight

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Beguile

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To trick or deceive

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Enigmatic

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Full of mystery and difficult to understand

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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Mar

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To ruin the beauty or perfection of something

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Synopsis

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A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument

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Cascade

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A small waterfall or series of waterfalls something that happens in a series

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Disclaim

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To say that you do not have something such as knowledge, responsibility, etc.

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Bounty

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Good things that are given or provided freely and in large amounts

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Contend

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To compete with a good chance of winning

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Delude

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To cause someone to believe something that is not true

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Regal

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Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

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Dexterity

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The ability to use your hand skilfully or gracefully

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Dearth

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An insufficient amount or quantity

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Ratify

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Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

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Seethe

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Foam as if boiling

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Dogged

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Stubborn and determined

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Dingy

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Dark and dirty

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Endorse

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To publicly approve of something.

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Enact

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To perform, to make a bill or other legislation, officially become part of law.

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Sentry

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A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

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Repartee

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Adroitness and cleverness in reply

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Grotesque

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Distorted and unnatural in shape or size

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Choleric

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Made angry easily

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Dawdle

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To move or act too slowly

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Burnish

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To make something such as metal or leather smooth and shiny by rubbing it

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Immaculate

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Completely neat and clean

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Melancholy

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A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.

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Pious

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Deeply religious

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Prolific

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Intellectually productive

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Squalid

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Foul and run-down and repulsive

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Temperate

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Not extreme

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Contemplation

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The act of thinking deeply about something

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Plausible

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Apparently reasonable and valid and truthful

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Vend

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To sell or offer for sale from place to place

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Devour

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To eat up greedily

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Doff

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Remove

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Hasty

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Excessively quick

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Hovel

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A small crude shelter used as a dwelling

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Glib

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Artfully persuasive in speech

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Brevity

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The use of a few words to say something

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Ingenious

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Showing inventiveness and skill

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Ingenuity

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The power of creative imagination

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Profound

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Situated at or extending to a great depth

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Obsolete

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No longer in use

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Indicate

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Designate a place, person, or thing

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Squander

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Spend thoughtlessly, throw away

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Impasse

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A situation where no progress can be made

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Meek

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Humble in spirit or manner

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Nebulous

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Lacking definite form or limits

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Bliss

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Complete happiness

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Summit

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The highest point of a mountain, the highest level

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Ardent

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Having or showing very strong feelings

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Peddle

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Sell or offer for sale from place to place

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Propel

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Cause to move forward with force

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Bias

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A tendency to believe that some people, ideas are better that others that usually results in treating some people unfairly.

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Catastrophe

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A sudden violent change in the Earth’s surface

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Surmise

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Infer from incomplete evidence

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Encompass

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To cover or surround an area

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Caprice

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A sudden change in mood or behaviour

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Vacuous

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No matter, completely empty

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Din

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A loud harsh noise

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