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Inundate

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To overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with; flood

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Mirth

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Amusement, especially as expressed with laughter

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Incumbent

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A person holding an office or role

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Ambulate

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To move from place to place

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere; being everywhere

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Fugacious

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Lasting a short time, fleeting or transitory

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Hackneyed

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Trite

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Assiduous

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To do a task with care or diligence

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Parse

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To analyze a sentence into its parts and describe their syntactic roles

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Caustic

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Sarcastic or bitter

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Portent

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Sign or warning that something momentous will occur

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind, alike

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Contentious

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Likely to cause an argument

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Steadfast

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Dutifully firm and unwavering

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Expediency

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The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being immoral

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Commensurate

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Proportionate, corresponding

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Abridged

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Shortened, reduced

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Singular

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One of a kind, unique

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Etiolated

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To cause to appear pale or sickly

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Comportment

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The way you carry yourself

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Sidereal

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Of or with respect to the distant stars - not, however the sun or planets

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Delineate

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To outline or depict

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Recast

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To give a different form (particularly to metal by melting down and reshaping)

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Balk

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To resist or object to

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Resolute

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Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering

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Discomposure

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The state or feeling of being disturbed or agitated

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Contemptuous

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Showing contempt, scornful

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Pragmatic

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Sensible, realistic

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Presumptuous

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(Of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

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Ensconce

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Establish or settle someone in a comfortable safe or secret place

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Plight

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Dangerous, difficult or unfortunate situation

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Ineluctable

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Unable to be resisted or avoided; assured, inevitable

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Invidious

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Likely to incur resentment or anger in others, causing envy

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Plangent

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Of a sound - loud, reverberating, and often melancholy, full of lamentation

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Nugatory

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Of no value or importance, rarely inconsequential

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Denouement

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The final part of a play or movie where the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters explained, an outcome or solution

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Antediluvian

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Old fashioned

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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Jejune

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Vapid and immature

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Ludology

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The study of games

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Kinesiology

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The study of movement

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Cybernetics

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The study of how systems regulate themselves

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Insurgency

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An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a government

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Imbibe

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To drink alcohol

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Demarcate

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Set down a line as on a map

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Belies

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Contradicts

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Antedates

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Comes before

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Herpetologist

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One who studies reptiles

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Ichthyologist

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One who studies fish

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Ornithologist

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One who studies birds

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Superannuation

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The process of becoming obsolete

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Acrimonious

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Of speech, bitter and angry

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Benignant

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Kindly and benevolent

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Repudiation

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Rejection of a proposal or idea

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Ossify

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To cease developing, to be stagnant or rigid

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Temporal

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Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs, secular

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimum effort

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Nice

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Exacting or extremely precise

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Feckless

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Lacking initiative or strength of character, irresponsible

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Attestation

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Testimony, formal written or spoken statement, the action of bearing witness

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Variegated

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Exhibiting different colors as patches or streaks, marked by variety

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Ostensible

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Stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily so

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Sibilant

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Sounded with a hissing effect

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal

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Parsimony

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Stinginess, extreme unwillingness to spend money

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Turgid

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Complex, pompous, or bombastic, swollen and distended or congested

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Bombastic

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High sounding but with little meaning, inflated, turgid, pretentious

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Extradite

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To hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed

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Interdict

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An authoritative prohibition

“An interdict against marriage of those of close kin”

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Expurgate

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To remove material thought to be objectionable or in suitable (from a book or account)

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Depraved

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Morally or corrupt or wicked

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Indigence

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A state of extreme poverty

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Penury

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Extreme poverty; destitution

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Brazen

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Bold and without shame

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Deference

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Humble submission and respect

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Rake

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A fashionable or wealthy man of dissolute or promiscuous habits

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Maverick

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An unorthodox or independent minded person

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Delegate

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A person sent or authorized to represent others

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Munificent

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(Of a gift or sum of money) larger or move generous than is usual or necessary

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Licentious

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Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters

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Occult

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Supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices or phenomena

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Broach

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To raise for a discussion or topic

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad or dismal

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Jocund

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Cheerful and light hearted

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Iniquitous

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Grossly unfair and morally wrong

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Modification

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The action of modifying something

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Remonstration

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The act of saying or pleading in protest, objection or reproof

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Proxy

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The authority to represent someone else, especially in voting, a person authorized to act on behalf of another

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Regale

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To entertain or amuse with talk

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Recuse

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To challenge (a judge or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a possible conflict of interest/lack of partiality

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Foment

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To instigate or stir up

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