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1
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Impute

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To attribute

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Abate*

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To become less intense or widespread

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Pervasive

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Spreading widely throughout a group or area

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Adamantine

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Unbreakable

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Frangible

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Fragile

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Gossamer

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Something that is light, thin, and delicate

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Austere

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Strict or severe in manner

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Primordial

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Existing from the beginning of time

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Heretical

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Holding an opinion that is at odds with what is generally accepted

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Specious

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Misleading; superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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Modish

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Conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

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Philistine

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A person who is hostile towards or has no understanding of culture and the arts

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Irascible

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Having a tendency to be easily angered

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14
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Quiescence

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In a state or period of inactivity

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15
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Redress

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To remedy or set right

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16
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Ennui

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A feeling of dissatisfaction arising from a lack of excitement

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17
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Acrimony

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Bitterness or ill-feeling

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18
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Enmity

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The state of being opposed or hostile to someone

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19
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Forbearance

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Patient self control; Restraint and tolerance

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20
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Extant

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Still in existence; Surviving

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21
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Inculcate

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To teach by persistent instruction

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22
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Actuate

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To cause a machine or device to operate; To cause someone to act in a particular way

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23
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Zenith

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A peak, whether symbolic or literal

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24
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Ineluctable

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Inescapable

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25
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Pharmacopoeia

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A stock of medicinal drugs

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Inveighed

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To speak or write about something with great hostility

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Levy

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To impose a tax, fee, or fine

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Soporific

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Boring or monotonous; sleepy or drowsy

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Assiduity

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Constant or close attention to what one is currently doing

30
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Redound

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To contribute to

31
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Impugn

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To dispute the truth of something; to call into question

32
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Amortize

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To gradually pay off the initial cost of something

33
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Macerate

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To soften by soaking in liquid

34
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Peripatetic

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Traveling from place to place, especially for a short time

35
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Supervening

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Occuring later than a specified action

36
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Maladroit

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Ineffective or clumsy

37
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Promulgate

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To promote or make widely known

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Prescient

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Having knowledge of events before they take place

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree; In proportion with

40
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Heterodox

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Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs

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Iconoclastic

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Characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions;

42
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Prolix

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Tediously lengthy

43
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Outmoded

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old fashioned

44
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Efficacy

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The ability to produce a desired or intended result

45
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Esurient

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Hungry or greedy

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Indolent

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Paean

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A song of praise or triumph

48
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Malign

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Evil in nature

49
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Abase

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To behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade someone

50
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Fervid

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Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

51
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Vaunt

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To excessively boast about or praise something

52
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Myopic

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Lacking foresight

53
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Effigy

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A model of a person

54
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Repudiate

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To deny the truth or validity of

55
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Duplicity

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Deceifulness

56
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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

57
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Munificent

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Very generous

58
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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

59
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Prevaricate

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To speak or act in an evasive way

60
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Indefatigable

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Persisting tirelessly

61
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Pugnacious

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Quick to argue or fight

62
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Apposite

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Appropriate, apt, or suitable

63
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Germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand

64
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Belie

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To disguise or betray

65
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Collude

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To conspire

66
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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive in a bad situation

67
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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of country life

68
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Adroit

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Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

69
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Spurious

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False or fake

70
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Boon

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A thing that is helpful or beneficial

71
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Hidebound

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Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

72
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Sacrosanct

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Regarded as too valuable or important to be interfered with

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