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Words 301-400 Flashcards

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Lament

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Mount, grieve, bewail

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Lampoon

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Ridicule, satirize, parody

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Latent

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Undeveloped, unused; sleeping, inactive, dormant

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Lavish

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Generous, openhanded, extravagant, profuse, produced in abundance

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Likelihood

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Probability, likeliness

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Linger

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Loiter, dawdle, tarry; persist, remain, continue to exist although losing strength

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Lofty

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Noble, elevated in character, exalted; superior, towering, rising to impressive height

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Magnitude

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Vastness; significance, importance, consequence; size, extent

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Malicious

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Spiteful, hateful, malevolent

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Malleable

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Moldeable, ductile, workable; impressionable, suggestible, pliable, open to being influenced

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Mar

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Damage, spoil

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Material

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Relating to physical matter, corporeal, tangibl, substantial; bodily, fleshly, corporal; important, relevant, significant, pertinent

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Materialism

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Worldliness, pragmatism, preoccupation with physical things (valuing needs for the body vs idealism, needs for the soul)

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Medium

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Means of doing something, agency, instrument; environment; material used by an artist, vehicle, outlet

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Mercenary

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Interested in gain, venal, avaricious, greedy, monetary

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Metaphor

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Symbol, image

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Methodical

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Systematic, orderly

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Meticulous

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Painstaking, very careful, scrupulous, fastidious

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Misconception

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Misunderstanding, error, misconstruction, incorrect opinion

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Mitigate

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Moderate, alleviate, appease, make less intene

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Mollify

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Placate, soothe, please, pacify, moderate

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Mundane

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Ordinary, unimaginative, commonplace, secular

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Myriad

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Multitude, swarm, host, large number

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Narrative

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Telling a story, descriptive

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Nefarious

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Evil, heinous, iniquitous, reprehensible, wicked

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Negate

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Nullify, invalidate, cancel out; deny the truth of, refute, contradict

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Nonchalance

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Indifference, composure, insouciance, disinterest

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Notoriety

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Ill fame, disrepute, infamy

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Nurture

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Support, encourage, nourish, educate, foster, cultivate, protect

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Objective

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Goal, aim, target, purpose

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Obliterate

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Demolish, eradicate, wipe out, destroy

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Obscure

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Make unclear, confuse, muddy; conceal, cover, veil, hide

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Ominous

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Threatening, menacing, unpromising

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Opportunist

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Money-grabber, speculator, sacrifices ethics for opportunities

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Optimist

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Positive thinker, idealist, romantic

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Pacifist

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One opposed to violence, peacemaker, dove, antimilitarist

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Parody

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Humorous imitation, spoof, takeoff, lampoon, travesty, caricature

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Partial

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Incomplete, limited; biased, prejudiced, one-sided; keen on, fond of

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Patronize

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Assist, back, support; corned, snub, act superior; be a customer or, frequent, shop at

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Perfunctory

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Mechanical, automatic, unthinking, superficial, sketchy indifferent, lacking care

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Peripheral

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Outer, outlying, external; incidental, unimportant, marginal

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Pernicious

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Damaging, devastating, deadly, insidious, harmful

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Perpetuate

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Make it last, maintain, continue; keep alive

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Pervasive

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Pervading, spread throughout every part, enveloping, widespread, omnipresent

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Pessimism

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Gloominess, gloom, negativity, despondency, cynicism

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Phenomena

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Facts or subjects of scientific observation, events; rare events, wonders, marvels

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Piety

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Devoutness, religiousness, godliness

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Pithy

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Concise, succinct, pointed

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placate

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Appease, pacify, conciliate, mollify, satisfy by making concessions

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Plausible

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Credible, appear to be believable (but often not), persuasive, specious

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Polarize

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Divide, separate, split into opposite extremes

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Polemical

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Disputations, combative, argumentative, controversial, quarrelsome

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Ponderous

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Weighty, massive, cumbersome, unwieldy; lacking fluency and tedious, labored, stilted, dull

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Pragmatic

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Practical, realistic, factual

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Preclude

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Prevent, rule out

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Precursor

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Forerunner, predecessor, herald, something that precedes another

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Naïveté

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Unsophisticated, artlessness, simplicity, innocence, ingenuousness

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Nebulous

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Indistinct, hazy, confused; cloud like

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Novelty

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Newness, innovation, freshness

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Nuance

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Graduation, nicety, subtlety, distinction, shade of difference in meaning or color

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Obdurate

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Stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, compassionless, unsympathetic, stonyhearted

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Objective

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Unbiased, impartial disinterested, not influenced by feelings; actual, verifiable

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Oblivion

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obscurity, unawareness, forgetfulness

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, pigheaded, mulish dogged, unreasonably persistent (in an opinion); not easily controlled, tenacious

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Obtuse

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Dull-witted, slow insensitive; blunt

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Officious

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Meddlesome, self-important, intrusive, overeager

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Opaque

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Impenetrable (to light), dark; unfathomable, obscure, incomprehensible, hard to understand

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Orator

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Spokesperson, declaimed, rhetorician, skillful public speaker

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Overt

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Apparently, obvious, unconcealed, public

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Paradox

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Puzzle, contradiction

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Paragon

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Model of perfection, pattern, ideal, exemplar

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Partisan

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One-sided, prejudiced, factional, sectarian, biased, committed to a particular cause

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Paucity

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Smallness of quantity, scarcity, lacks dearth, scantiness

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Pedantic

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Concerned with small details while teaching, didactic, nit-picking, academic, bookish

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Pedestrian

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Unimaginative, dull, monotonous, uninspired, prosaic, mediocre

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Precarious

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Insecure, unsafe, shaky, risky, dangerous

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Predator

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Hunter, killer, carnivore

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Predecessor

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Antecedent, forerunner, precursor

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Predilection

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Partiality, preference, inclination

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Presumptuous

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Arrogant, overconfident, insolent, overly forward

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Prevalent

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Accepted, widespread, prevailing, customary

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, reckless with money

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Profound

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Intellectual depth, learned, insightful thoughtful; intense, heartfelt; deep, extreme

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Profusion

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Abundance, excess, plenty; extravagance, lavish expenditure

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Proliferation

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Spread, multiplication, propagation, rapid increase

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Prolific

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Productive, festive, fruitful, inexhaustible

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Prompt

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Motivate, occasion, incite, induce; cue

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Prone

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Inclined, disposed, likely; prostrate, lying flat

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Proponent

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Supporter, advocate, champion, adherent

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Prosaic

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Pedestrian, dull, unimaginative, matter-of-fact, commonplace, ordinary

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Provincial

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Pertaining to province, nonmetropolitan, rural; limited in wider outlook, parochial, unsophisticated, narrow

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Proximity

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Nearness, closeness, immediacy

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PrudenT

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Cautious, careful, provident, wise

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Qualified

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Competent, capable, fit; restricted, partial, limited

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Quandary

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Dilemma, predicament, perplexity

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Quell

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Overwhelm, extinguish, subdue, suppress, quiet, end

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Quench

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Put out (a fire), extinguish, douse, smother; satisfy, relieve, sate, slake, assuage

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Quiescent

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At rest, dormant, quiet, still, temporarily inactive

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Rancor

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Bitterness, hatred

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Random

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Haphazard, accidental

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