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Insipid

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Uninteresting; having no flavor

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Vie

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To compete

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Convene

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To bring together, like a convention

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Fortuitous

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Occurring by chance (either positive it negative)

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Feasible

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Capable of being done

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Guile

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Slyness in dealing with others

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Kin

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Ones relatives

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Apology

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A defense in speech or writing of ones beliefs

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Specious

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Seeming to be truthful on the surface but actually false

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Vogue

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Prevailing fashion

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Extrapolate

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To predict by extending known information

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Turbid

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Cloudy; muddy; in a state of turmoil

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Turgid

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Excessively ornate or complex in style

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Redolent

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Aromatic fragrant, suggestive

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embrace

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To hug; to include as part of something larger

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Entrenched

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Dug in

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Enmesh

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To entangle or trap, as in a net

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Comprehensive

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Complete; covering broadly and all inclusively

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Fraught

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Full of a particular quality

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Rue

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To regret

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Venturesome

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Adventurous, risky

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Noxious

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Harmful to health or the mind

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Desist

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To cease; stop

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Founder

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To sink below the water, to fail completely

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Trudge

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To walk in a heavy footed way

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Disenchant

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To free from false belief

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Squalid

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Having a dirty or lowly appearance

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Servile

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Slavish; abjectly submissive

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Pallid

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Faint in color, pale

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Assess

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To estimate

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Fraternal

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Showing comradeship; brotherly

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Steadfast

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Loyal; faithful

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Decorum

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Polite behavior

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Repine

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To en discontented or unhappy, to long for something

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Authoritarian

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Demanding unquestioning obedience

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Charlatan

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A fake; one who pretends to have expert knowledge

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Tribulation

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Great misery or distress

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Telltale

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Indicating or revealing information

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Adverse

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Opposed, difficult

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Astute

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Showing clever awareness with respect to ones own concerns

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage relationships

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Reverie

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Daydream

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Filial

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Like or relating to a daughter or son

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Accomplice

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Accessory; one who assists in a crime

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Epic

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A long narrative poem in a dignified style

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Demur

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To object; to disagree

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Torrid

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Parched with heat; ardent kr passionate

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Undermine

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To weaken

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Repartee

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A quick witty reply; a series of such replies

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Elocution

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The art of public speaking, with attention to delivery

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Yearn

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To desire strongly

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Boor

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Someone who is impolite and rude

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Dogna

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A specific set of ideas or beliefs

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Secluded

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Hidden; removed; sheltered

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Trifle

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Something that lacks significance or worth

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Preclude

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To make impossible

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Limpid

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Perfectly clear

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Purse

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To contract into wrinkles or folds; to pucker

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Stricture

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A restraint or limit

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Retire

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To retreat, as from battle

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Pact

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An agreement between persons, groups or nations

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Hibernate

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To sleep throughout the winter

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Paltry

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Lacking importance or worth

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Clan

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A group of several families descended from a common ancestor and sharing a family name

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A rejoinder

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An answer esp. To another answer

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Lineage

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A direct descent form an ancestor

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Mania

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An excessive intense desire

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Squabble

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A noisy argument.

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Ruse

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An action or device intended to deceive

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Induce

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To influence

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Morbid

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Gruesome; awful

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Sabotage

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To deliberately obstruct or destroy

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Urbane

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Sophisticated

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Livid

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Extremely angry; discolored as from a bruise

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Misogyny

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Hatred of women

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Droll

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Amusing in an odd way

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Corpulent

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Very fat; obese

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Resolve

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To make a firm decision; to find a solution to

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Acute

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Sharp; clever; severe

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Ponderous

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Clumsy and heavy; boring and labored

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Accord

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Agreement

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Vanquish

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To defeat

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Exasperate

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To make very impatient

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Trite

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Worn out, used too often

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Telling

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Strikingly effective

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Dampen

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To deaden, restrain or repress

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Transparent

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Obvious; undisguised

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Perspicacious

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Having keen perception it understanding

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Tamp

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To pack tightly by tapping repeatedly

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Provisional

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Provided for the time being

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Nepotism

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Showing favoritism to relatives

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Extant

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Currently or actually existing

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Scathing

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Very harsh in something, like a remark

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Sequel

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Something that follows

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Caprious

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Erratic; ending to change abruptly

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Headstrong

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Showing determination

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Ebullient

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In high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil

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Confound

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To mix up or lump together indiscriminately, to confuse

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Ominous

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Threatening harm

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Offset

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To balance or counteract

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Alleviate

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To reduce pain especially temporarily or without removing it’s cause

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Reprise

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A recurrence or resumption of an action

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Disparate

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Entirely unlike

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Jovial

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Full of hearty, playful, good humor

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Denounce

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To speak out against; to acute publically

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Forbear

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To be patient or avoid doing

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Elucidate

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To make something clear;

To clarify

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Credible

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Capable of being believed

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Tamper

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To interfere, in order to damage or weaken

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Venerate

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To look upon with respect and honor

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Venue

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The location where something takes place

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Oasis

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A fertile place in a desert dude to the presence of water

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Evacuate

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To remove the contents of

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Parody

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A humorous and ridiculous imitation

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Ossified

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Changed to the bone, hardened

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Recondite

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Not easily understood

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Malignant

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Very harmful; threatening death

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Prescribe

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To set down as a rule

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Sordid

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Extremely dirty; morally corrupt

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Abash

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To embarass

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Efficacy

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The power to produce the desired effect

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Misapprehension

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A misunderstanding

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Benign

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Kindly; creating a favorable influence

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Baleful

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Harmful or threatening harm or evil

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Credit

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To believe or trust

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