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1
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austere

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severely simple and plain

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badger

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to pester

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ballistics

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study of flight of projectiles

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balm

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soothing

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beget

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to create

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beleaguer

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to harass

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bereave

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suffering the death of a loved one

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beset

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to harass, to surround

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bizarre

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weird

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blather

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to babble

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bleak

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depressing and dreary

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bludgeon

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to hit with heavy impact

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bucolic

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country-like

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bulwark

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wall of protection

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cache

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hiding place

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cacophony

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disharmonious sounds

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cajole

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to coax

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callous

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insensitive

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callow

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immature and inexperienced

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candor

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truthfulness

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capacious

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roomy

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castigate

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to criticize harshly

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catapult

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to launch

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catharsis

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emotional cleansing

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caucus

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politics meeting

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cerebral

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relating to the brain

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certify

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to verify

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chasm

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opening in Earth’s surface

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chattel

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slave

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chide

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to scold

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chronic

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continuous

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circa

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around

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citadel

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fortress

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claimant

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someone who makes a claim

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cloister

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a safe place

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commodious

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roomy

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comprise

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to be made up of

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congenial

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agreeable, pleasant

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connoisseur

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an expert

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consensus

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agreement

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coterie

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a circle of close friends

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countenance

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a person’s face

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coup

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violent overthrow or a victorious accomplishment

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couture

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fashion design

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cower

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to cringe in fear

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cranny

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small opening in wall

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craven

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cowardly

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creditor

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a person who is owed money

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criterion

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criteria

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cubism

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style of art with shapes

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curtail

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to cut short

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curvilinear

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curved lines

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damper

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something that depresses

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dauntless

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fearless

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dearth

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lack

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debacle

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a complete failure

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debase

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to lower in value

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decree

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a law/order

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deduce

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to come to a conclusion

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defame

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to slander

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deft

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skillful

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demagogue

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leader who gains power via emotions

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demonic

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one who woks devilishly

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demur

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to object

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denounce

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to condemn

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desiccate

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to dry out

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dilemma

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a predicament

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disparage

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to put down

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dispel

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to drive away

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disperse

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to scatter widely

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dissolution

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breaking up into parts

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divine

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to infer

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docile

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easily taught or controlled

74
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doldrums

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calm part of ocean

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domain

A

territory over which one rules

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dormant

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inactive

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draconian

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severe, cruel

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dromedary

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one-humped camel

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dulcet

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soft, soothing

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duress

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restraint

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edifice

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a large structure

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efface

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to rub away

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egalitarian

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equal

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elapse

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to pass

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elfin

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mischievous

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embellish

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to add fake details to

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embody

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to personify

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emit

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to send or give out

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emulate

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to imitate

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endure

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to carry on through hardships

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engulf

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to surround

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enrage

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to infuriate

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enrapture

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to delight

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ensemble

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outfit or musical group

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entice

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to lure

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entomb

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to place as if in a tomb

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entomology

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study of insects

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entreat

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to plead or beg

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erudite

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a scholar

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euphonious

A

pleasing to the ear

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