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ABASH
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TO EMBARRASS
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DISCONCERT
DISCOMFIT FAZE MORTIFY |
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ABATE
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TO DECREASE, REDUCE
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DWINDLE
EBB RECEDE FLAG WANE |
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ABERRATION
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL
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ANOMALY
IRREGULARITY ABNORMALITY DEVIATION |
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ABET
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TO AID, ACT AS ACCOMPLICE
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HELP
SUCCOR ASSIST |
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ABJECT
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MISERABLE, PITIFUL
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PATHETIC
LAMENTABLE SORRY |
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ABRIDGE
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TO CONDENSE, SHORTEN
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ABBREVIATE
CUT PRUNE |
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ABSCOND
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TO DEPART SECRETLY
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FLEE
DECAMP FLY BOLT |
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ABSTEMIOUS
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MARKED BY RESTRAINT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR ALCOHOL
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MODERATE
TEMPERATE SPARING |
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ABSTINENT
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ABSTAINING
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FORBEARING
REFRAINING ASCETIC |
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ACCEDE
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TO EXPRESS APPROVAL; AGREE TO
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ASSENT
ACQUIESCE CONSENT CONCUR |
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ACCOLADE
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PRAISE, DISTINCTION
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PRAISE
ACCLAIM APPROBATION COMMENDATION KUDOS |
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ACCRETION
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GROWTH IN SIZE OR INCREASE IN AMOUNT
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BUILDUP
ACCUMULATION ACCRUAL |
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ACCRUE
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TO ACCUMULATE, GROW BY ADDITIONS
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AUGMENT
ENLARGE EXPAND BURGEON WAX |
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ACERBIC
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BITTER, SHARP IN TASTE OF TEMPER
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TART
BITING CAUSTIC CUTTING |
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ACME
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HIGHEST POINT, SUMMIT
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APEX
CROWN PEAK PINNACLE ZENITH |
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ACQUIESCE
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TO AGREE, COMPLY QUIETLY
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ACCEDE
CONSENT SUBMIT |
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ACRID
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HARSH, BITTER
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SHARP
PUNGENT CAUSTIC |
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ACRIMONY
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BITTERNESS, ANIMOSITY
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CHOLER
SPLEEN RANCOR ASPERITY ANTIPATHY |
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ACUMEN
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SHARPNESS OF INSIGHT
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SAGACITY
DISCERNMENT SHREWDNESS |
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ADAGE
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OLD SAYING OR PROVERB
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APOTHEM
APHORISM MAXIM |
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ADMONISH
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TO CAUTION OR REPRIMAND
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REPROVE
CHIDE UPBRAID BERATE REBUKE |
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ADROIT
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SKILLFUL, ACCOMPLISHED, HIGHLY COMPETENT
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DEFT
DEXTEROUS |
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ADULATION
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HIGH PRAISE
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ADMIRATION
FLATTERY ACCOLADE |
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ADULTERATE
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TO CORRUPT OR MAKE IMPURE
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CONTAMINATE
DILUTE |
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AESTHETIC
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PERTAINING TO BEAUTY OR ART
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ARTISTIC
TASTEFUL |
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ALACRITY
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CHEERFUL READINESS, PROMPTNESS IN RESPONSE
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CELERITY
PROMPTNESS DISPATCH ENTHUSIASM |
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ALLUSION
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INDIRECT REFERENCE
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INTIMATION
SUGGESTION |
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ALTERCATION
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NOISY DISPUTE
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ARGUMENT
CLASH FIGHT QUARREL |
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ALTRUISM
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UNSELFISH CONCERN FOR OTHERS' WELFARE
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BENEVOLENCE
GENEROSITY KINDNESS |
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AMALGAMATE
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TO MIX, COMBINE
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INTEGRATE
ASSIMILATE MERGE INCORPORATE LEAGUE |
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AMBIVALENCE
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ATTITUDE OF UNCERTAINTY, CONFLICTING EMOTIONS
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INDECISION
VACILLATION |
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AMBULATORY
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OF, RELATING TO, OR ADAPTED TO WALKING, MOVING ABOUT FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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ITINERANT
NOMADIC PERIPATETIC ROVING VAGABOND |
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER, IMPROVE
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AMEND
BETTER REFORM |
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AMULET
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ORNAMENT WORN AS A CHARM AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
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TALISMAN
FETISH |
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ANACHRONISTIC
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OUTDATED
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ANOMALOUS
INCONSISTENT INAPPROPRIATE |
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ANATHEMA
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BAN, CURSE; SOMETHING SHUNNED OR DISLIKED
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EXECRATION
HORROR ABOMINATION |
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ANCILLARY
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ACCESSORY, SUBORDINATE, HELPING
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ADJUNCT
ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY SUPPLEMENTAL |
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ANECDOTE
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SHORT, USUALLY FUNNY ACCOUNT OF AN EVENT
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STORY
JOKE |
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ANOMALY
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IRREGULARITY OR DEVIATION FROM THE NORM
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ODDITY, ABERRATION, DEVIANCE, PECULIARITY, ABNORMALITY
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ANTEDILUVIAN
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PREHISTORIC, ANCIENT BEYOND MEASURE
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OLD
ARCHAIC ANTIQUE |
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ANTIPATHY
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DISLIKE, HOSTILITY, EXTREME OPPOSITION OR AVERSION
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ENMITY
MALICE ANTAGONISM |
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ANTITHESIS
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EXACT OPPOSITE OR DIRECT CONTRAST
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CONTRARY
REVERSE |
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APEX
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HIGHEST POINT, SUMMIT
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ACME
CROWN ZENITH PEAK CREST |
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APHORISM
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OLD SAYING OR SHORT, PITHY STATEMENT
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ADAGE
APOTHEGM MAXIM PROVERB |
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APOCRYPHAL
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NOT GENUINE, FICTIONAL
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ERRONEOUS
FICTITIOUS FRAUDULENT FALSE |
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APOSTATE
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ONE WHO RENOUNCES A RELIGIOUS FAITH
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RENEGADE
TURNCOAT DESERTER |
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APPROPRIATE (VERB)
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TO TAKE POSSESSION OF
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USURP
ARROGATE COMMANDEER |
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AQUATIC
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BELONGING OR LIVING IN WATER
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WATERY
MARITIME PELAGIC |
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ARABLE
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SUITABLE FOR CULTIVATION
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FARMABLE
FERTILE |
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ARCANE
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SECRET, OBSCURE, KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW
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ESOTERIC
MYSTERIOUS |
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ARC (ADJECTIVE)
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MISCHIEVOUS, ROGUISH
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IMPISH
WAGGISH SAUCY IRONIC |
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ARCHIPELAGO
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LARGE GROUP OF ISLANDS
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CLUSTER
SCATTERING |
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ARROGATE
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TO DEMAND, CLAIM ARROGANTLY
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APPROPRIATE
USURP SEIZE COMMANDEER ASSUME |
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ASCETIC
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SELF-DENYING, ABSTINENT, AUSTERE
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CONTINENT, TEMPERATE, ABSTEMIOUS
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ASCRIBE
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TO ATTRIBUTE TO, ASSIGN
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ACCREDIT
IMPUTE REFER |
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ASHEN
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RESEMBLING ASHES, DEATHLY PALE
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BLANCHED
PALLID PASTY WAN |
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ASPERSION
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FALSE RUMOR, DAMAGING REPORT, SLANDER
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ALLEGATION
INSINUATION REPROACH |
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ASSIDUOUS
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DILIGENT, PERSISTENT, HARD-WORKING
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INDUSTRIOUS
STEADFAST THOROUGH |
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ASSONANCE
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RESEMBLANCE IN SOUND, ESPECIALLY IN VOWEL COUNDS; PARTIAL RHYME
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ECHO
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE LESS SEVERE, EASE, RELIEVE
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MITIGATE
ALLEVIATE EASE APPEASE MOLLIFY |
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ASTRINGENT
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HARSH, SEVERE, STERN
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SHARP
BITTER CAUSTIC |
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ASYLUM
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REFUGE, SANCTUARY
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HAVEN
SHELTER |
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ATROCIOUS
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MONSTROUS, SHOCKINGLY BAD, WICKED
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HORRIBLE
APPALLING DEPLORABLE DIREFUL |
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ATROPHY
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TO WASTE AWAY, WITHER FROM DISUSE
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DETERIORATE
DEGENERATE |
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ATTENUATE
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TO MAKE THIN OR SLENDER; WEAKEN
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REDUCE
RAREFY DIMINISH |
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AUGURY
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PROPHECY, PREDICTION OF EVENTS
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OMEN
AUSPICES PORTENT HARBINGER PRESAGE |
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AUGUST
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DIGNIFIED, AWE-INSPIRING, VENERABLE
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GRAND
MAJESTIC ADMIRABLE AWESOME |
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AUSPICIOUS
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HAVING FAVORABLE PROSPECTS, PROMISING
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ENCOURAGING
PROPITIOUS HOPEFUL POSITIVE |
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AUSTERE
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STERN, STRICT, UNADORNED
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DOUR
BARE ASCETIC |
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AUTOCRAT
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DICTATOR
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TYRANT
AUTHORITARIAN DESPOT TOTALITARIAN |
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AUTONOMOUS
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SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT
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SOVEREIGN
SELF-GOVERNED FREE |
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AVARICE
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GREED
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CUPIDITY
RAPACITY |
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AVER
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TO DECLARE TO BE TRUE, AFFIRM
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ASSERT
ATTEST |
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AVIARY
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LARGE ENCLOSURE HOUSING BIRDS
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BIRDHOUSE
ZOO |
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AWRY
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CROOKED, ASKEW, AMISS
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ASLANT
WRONG |
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AXIOM
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PREMISE, POSTULATE, SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH
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ADAGE
APOTHEGM APHORISM MAXIM RULE |
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BALEFUL
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HARMFUL, WITH EVIL INTENTIONS
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DARK
SINISTER |
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BALK
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TO REFUSE, SHIRK; PREVENT
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STOP
CHECK THWART FRUSTRATE |
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BANAL
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TRITE, OVERLY COMMON
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HACKNEYED
SHOPWORN INANE |
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BANE
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SOMETHING CAUSING DEATH, DESTRUCTION, OR RUIN
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CURSE
SCOURGE POISON |
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BANTER
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PLAYFUL CONVERSATION
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CHATTER
PALAVER PRATTLE |
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BASTION
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FORTIFICATION, STRONGHOLD
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BULWARK
DEFENSE HAVEN |
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BAWDY
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OBSCENE, LEWD
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VULGAR
RISQUE RUDE COARSE |
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BAY (VERB)
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TO BARK, ESPECIALLY IN A DEEP, PROLONGED WAY
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HOWL
ULULATE WAIL KEEN |
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BEHEMOTH
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HUGE CREATURE
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GIANT
TITAN MONSTER |
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BELABOR
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TO INSIST REPEATEDLY OR HARP ON
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DWELL UPON
HARP UPON |
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BELLICOSE
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WARLIKE, AGGRESSIVE
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BELLIGERENT
HOSTILE COMBATIVE PUGNACIOUS |
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BELLIGERENT
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HOSTILE, TENDING TO FIGHT
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BELLICOSE
AGGRESSIVE COMBATIVE PUGNACIOUS |
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BENIGHTED
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UNENLIGHTENED
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IGNORANT
UNSCHOOLED ILLITERATE |
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BEST (VERB)
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TO GET THE BETTER OF, BEAT
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DEFEAT
TROUNCE VANQUISH ROUT WORST |
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BEVY
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GROUP
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BAND
GANG BUNCH PACK TROOP |
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BILK
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TO CHEAT, DEFRAUD
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SWINDLE
DUPE FLEECE |
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BIPEDAL
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TWO-FOOTED
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UPRIGHT
TWO-LEGGED |
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BLANDISH
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TO COAX WITH FLATTERY
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CAJOLE
CHARM SEDUCE WHEEDLE |
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BLASPHEMOUS
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CURSING, PROFANE, IRREVERENT
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SACRILEGIOUS
IMPIOUS |
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BLITHE
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JOYFUL, CHEERFUL, OR WITHOUT APPROPRIATE THOUGHT
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GLAD
HAPPY CAREFREE INSOUCIANT |
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BOOR
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CRUDE PERSON, ONE LACKING MANNERS OR TASET
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LOUT
CLOD OAF VULGARIAN YAHOO |
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BOURGEOIS
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MIDDLE-CLASS
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CAPITALIST
CONVENTIONAL |
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BOVINE
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COWLIKE, RELATING TO COWS
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SLUGGISH
DULL STOLID |
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BRAZEN
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BOLD, SHAMELESS, IMPUDENT; OF OR LIKE BRASS
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AUDACIOUS
BRASH |
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BREACH
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ACT OF BREAKING, VIOLATION
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GAP
LAPSE RIFT CONTRAVENTION DERELICTION |
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BROACH (VERB)
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TO MENTION OR SUGGEST FOR THE FIRST TIME
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RAISE
INTRODUCE PROPOSE |
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BRUSQUE
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ROUGH AND ABRUPT IN MANNER
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BLUNT
CURT GRUFF RUDE TACTLESS |
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BUCOLIC
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PASTORAL, RURAL
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RUSTIC
COUNTRY AGRARIAN |
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BURGEON
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TO SPROUT OR FLOURISH
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BLOSSOM
THRIVE EXPAND GROW PROLIFERATE |
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BURNISH
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TO POLISH, MAKE SMOOTH AND BRIGHT
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SHINE
BUFF |
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BUSTLE
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COMMOTION, ENERGETIC ACTIVITY
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FLURRY
ADO TUMULT |
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BUTTRESS (VERB)
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TO REINFORCE OR SUPPORT
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BOLSTER
BRACE PROP STRENGTHEN |
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CACHE
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HIDING PLACE, STOCKPILE
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HOARD
RESERVE STORE |
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CACOPHONY
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JARRING, UNPLEASANT NOISE
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DIN
CLATTER RACKET |
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CAJOLE
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TO FLATTER, COAX, PERSUADE
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BLANDISH
WHEEDLE |
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CALLOW
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IMMATURE, LACKING SOPHISTICATION
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INGENUOUS
NAIVE ARTLESS |
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CALUMY
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FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION
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LIBEL
ASPERSION DEFAMATION |
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CANNY
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SMART, FOUNDED ON COMMON SENSE
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PERCIPIENT
PERSPICACIOUS ASTUTE SHREWD |
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CANONIZE
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TO DECLARE A PERSON A SAINT, RAISE TO HIGHEST HONORS
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EXULT
ELEVATE ENNOBLE GLORIFY |
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CAPRICIOUS
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IMPULSIVE, WHIMSICAL, WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT
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ERRATIC
FICKLE FLIGHTY INCONSTANT WAYWARD |
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CARICATURE
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EXAGGERATED PORTRAIT, CARTOON
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BURLESQUE
TRAVESTY LAMPOON |
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CARNIVOROUS
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MEAT-EATING
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PREDATORY
FLESH-EATING |
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CARTOGRAPHY
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SCIENCE OR ART OF MAKING MAPS
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CHARTING
SURVEYING TOPOGRAPHY |
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CASTIGATE
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TO PUNISH, CHASTISE, CRITICIZE SEVERELY
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DISCIPLINE
LAMBASTE |
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING CAUSING CHANGE WITHOUT BEING CHANGED
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STIMULUS
INSTIGATION PROVOCATION |
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CATHARSIS
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PURIFICATION, CLEANSING
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PURGATION
RELEASE |
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CATHOLIC
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UNIVERSAL, BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE
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EXTENSIVE
GENERAL |
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CELEBRITY
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SPEED, SWIFTNESS, ALACRITY
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DISPATCH
VELOCITY RAPIDITY |
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CENSURE
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TO CRITICIZE, FIND FAULT
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DENOUNCE
PILLORY VILIFY INDICT CONDEMN |
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CHAGRIN
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SHAME, EMBARRASSMENT, HUMILIATION
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MORTIFICATION
DISCOMFITURE |
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CHAMPION (VERB)
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TO DEFEND OR SUPPORT
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ADVOCATE
PROMOTE |
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CHARLATAN
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QUACK, FAKE
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IMPOSTER
FRAUD HUMBUG |
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CHARY
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WATCHFUL, CAUTIOUS, EXTREMELY SHY
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WARY
CAREFUL SPARING |
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CHERUBIC
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SWEET, INNOCENT, RESEMBLING A CHERUB
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ANGELIC
BABYISH |
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CHICANERY
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TRICKERY, FRAUD, DECEPTION
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DECEIT
DUPLICITY DISHONESTY |
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CHIDE
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TO SCOLD, EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL
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CHASTEN
CHASTISE ADMONISH REPRIMAND REPROVE |
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CHIMERICAL
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FANCIFUL, IMAGINARY, VISIONARY, IMPOSSIBLE
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ILLUSORY
UNREAL |
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CHOLERIC
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EASILY ANGERED, SHORT-TEMPERED
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IRRITABLE
SURLY WRATHFUL IRATE |
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CHORTLE
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TO CHUCKLE
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LAUGH
SNORT |
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CHURLISH
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MARKED BY A LACK OF CIVILITY OR GRACIOUSNESS
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CLODHOPPING
LOUTISH LOWBRED RUSTIC |
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CIRCUMVENT
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TO GO AROUND, AVOID
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EVADE
SIDESTEP DODGE |
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CLAIRVOYANT (ADJECTIVE)
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HAVING ESP, PSYCHIC
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PROPHETIC
ORACULAR |
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CLANDESTINE
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SECRETIVE, CONCEALED FOR A DARKER PURPOSE
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COVERT
UNDERGROUND |
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CLOD
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A CHUNK OF EARTH OR CLAY; A STUPID PERSON
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LUMP
NUGGET DOLT OAF DULLARD |
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CLOISTER (VERB)
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TO CONFINE, SECLUDE
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ISOLATE
SEQUESTER |
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CLOYING
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SICKLY SWEET, SACCHARINE
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EXCESSIVE
FULSOME |
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CODDLE
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TO BABY, TREAT INDULGENTLY
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PAMPER
SPOIL COSSET |
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COERCE
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TO COMPEL BY FORCE OR INTIMIDATION
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DOMINEER
CONSTRAIN |
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COGENT
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LOGICALLY FORCEFUL, COMPELLING, CONVINCING
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PERSUASIVE
WINNING |
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COLLOQUIAL
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CHARACTERISTIC OF INFORMAL SPEECH
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CONVERSATIONAL
IDIOMATIC SLANGY |
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COLLUSION
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COLLABORATION, COMPLICITY, CONSPIRACY
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INTRIGUE
MACHINATION CONNIVANCE |
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COMMUTE
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TO CHANGE A PENALTY TO A LESS SEVERE ONE
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EXCHANGE
MITIGATE PALLIATE |
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CONJUGAL
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PERTAINING TO MARRIAGE
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CONNUBIAL
MATRIMONIAL SPOUSAL MARITAL |
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CONNIVE
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TO CONSPIRE, SCHEME
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COLLUDE
PLOT CONTRIVE |
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CONSECRATE
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TO DECLARE SACRED; DEDICATE TO A GOAL
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COLLUDE
PLOT CONTRIVE SANCTIFY; DEVOTE |
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CONSONANT (ADJECTIVE)
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CONSISTENT WITH, IN AGREEMENT WITH
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ACCORDANT
COMPATIBLE CONGRUOUS |
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CONSUMMATE (ADJECTIVE)
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ACCOMPLISHED, COMPLETE, PERFECT
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THOROUGH
EXHAUSTIVE IDEAL FLAWLESS |
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CONTEMPTUOUS
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SCORNFUL
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DERISIVE
DISDAINFUL SUPERCILIOUS |
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CONTENTIOUS
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QUARRELSOME, DISAGREEABLE, BELLIGERENT
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ARGUMENTATIVE
FRACTIOUS QUARRELSOME LITIGIOUS |
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CONTRITE
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DEEPLY SORROWFUL AND REPENTANT FOR A WRONG
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REGRETFUL
APOLOGETIC REMORSEFUL |
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CONTUMACIOUS
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STUBBORNLY DISOBEDIENT
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INSUBORDINATE
FACTIOUS INSURGENT MUTINOUS REBELLIOUS SEDITIOUS |
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CONTUMELIOUS
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INSOLENTLY ABUSIVE AND HUMILIATING
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IMPERTINENT
IMPUDENT PROCACIOUS SAUCY |
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CONVOLUTED
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TWISTED, COMPLICATED, INVOLVED
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INTRICATE
ELABORATE BAROQUE |
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COPIOUS
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ABUNDANT, PLENTIFUL
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AMPLE
ABOUNDING |
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CORPOREAL
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HAVING TO DO WITH THE BODY; TANGIBLE, MATERIAL
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SOMATIC;
CONCRETE PHYSICAL |
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CORPULENCE
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OBESITY, FATNESS, BULKINESS
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STOUTNESS
ROTUNDITY PORTLINESS PLUMPNESS |
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COTERIE
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SMALL GROUP OF PERSONS WITH A SIMILAR PURPOSE
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CIRCLE
CLIQUE SET |
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COUNTENANCE (VERB)
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TO FAVOR, SUPPORT
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CONDONE
APPROVE TOLERATE |
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CRYPTIC
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PUZZLING
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MYSTERIOUS
RECONDITE INSCRUTABLE ENIGMATIC |
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CUDGEL
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A SHORT, HEAVY CLUB
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BATON
BILLY CLUB BLUDGEON CLUB MACE NIGHTSTICK SHILLELAGH |
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CUPIDITY
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GREED
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AVARICE
RAPACITY COVETOUSNESS |
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CURMUDGEON
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CRANKY PERSON
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GROUCH
CRAB COOT |
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CURSORY
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HASTILY DONE, SUPERFICIAL
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SHALLOW
CARELESS |
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DAUNT
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TO DISCOURAGE, INTIMIDATE
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DEMORALIZE
DISHEARTEN CONSTERNATE |
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DEARTH
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LACK, SCARCITY, INSUFFICIENCY
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ABSENCE
SHORTAGE PAUCITY |
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DEFERENTIAL
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RESPECTFUL AND POLITE IN A SUBMISSIVE WAY
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COURTEOUS
OBSEQUIOUS |
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DEFUNCT
|
NO LONGER EXISTING, DEAD, EXTINCT
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DECEASED
DEPARTED EXTINGUISHED |
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DELEGATE (VERB)
|
TO GIVE POWERS TO ANOTHER
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ASSIGN
ENTRUST COMMIT APPOINT AUTHORIZE |
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DELETERIOUS
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HARMFUL, OFTEN IN A SUBTLE OR UNEXPECTED WAY
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PERNICIOUS
HARMFUL DETRIMENTAL NOCENT NOCUOUS |
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DEMAGOGUE
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LEADER, RABBLE-ROUSER, USUALLY USING APPEALS TO EMOTION OR PREJUDICE
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AGITATOR
INCITER INSTIGATOR FOMENTER FIREBRAND |
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DEMUR
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TO EXPRESS DOUBTS OR OBJECTIONS
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PROTEST
REMONSTRATE KICK EXPOSTULATE DISSENT |
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DENIGRATE
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TO SLUR OR BLACKEN SOMEONE'S REPUTATION
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MALIGN
BELITTLE DISPARAGE VILIFY SLANDER |
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DEPRAVITY
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SINFULNESS, MORAL CORRUPTION
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DECADENCE
DEBAUCHERY ENORMITY CORRUPTION DEGRADATION |
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DEPRECATE
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TO BELITTLE, DISPARAGE
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MINIMIZE
DENIGRATE DISCOUNT |
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DESPOT
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TYRANNICAL RULER
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AUTHORITARIAN
AUTOCRAT DICTATOR TOTALITARIAN |
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DIAPHANOUS
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ALLOWING LIGHT TO SHOW THROUGH; DELICATE
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SHEER
TRANSPARENT GAUZY TRANSLUCENT; TENUOUS |
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DIATRIBE
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BITTER VERBAL ATTACK
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TIRADE
JEREMIAD FULMINATION HARANGUE PHILIPPIC |
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DICHOTOMY
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DIVISION INTO TWO PARTS
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SPLIT
DISTINCTION BIFURCATION OPPOSITION |
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DICTUM
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AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT; POPULAR SAYING
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DECREE
EDICT; ADAGE APOTHEGM APHORISM |
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DIDACTIC
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EXCESSIVELY INSTRUCTIVE
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EDUCATIONAL
IMPROVING MORALISTIC |
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DIFFIDENCE
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SHYNESS, LACK OF CONFIDENCE
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TIMIDITY
RETICENCE |
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DIGRESS
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TO TURN ASIDE, TO STRAY FROM THE MAIN POINT
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DIVERGE
DEVIATE WANDER |
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DILAPIDATED
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IN DISREPAIR, RUN-DOWN, NEGLECTED
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DECREPIT
RAMSHACKLE DETERIORATED DECAYED |
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DILATORY
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SLOW, TENDING TO DELAY
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SLUGGISH
TARDY UNHURRIED |
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DIRGE
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FUNERAL HYMN
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ELEGY
THRENODY LAMENT |
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DISCREPANCY
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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CONTRADICTION
DIVERGENCE INCONGRUITY DISPARITY INCOMPATIBILITY |
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DISCRETIONARY
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SUBJECT TO ONE'S OWN JUDGMENT
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ELECTIVE
OPTIONAL VOLUNTARY UNFORCED |
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DISCURSIVE
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MOVING FROM TOPIC TO TOPIC WITHOUT ORDER
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DIGRESSIVE
RAMBLING UNFOCUSED |
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DISDAIN
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TO REGARD WITH SCORN AND CONTEMPT
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SPURN
SLIGHT |
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DISHEVELED
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UNTIDY, DISARRANGED, UNKEMPT
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DISORDERED
MESSY RUMPLED |
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DISINTERESTED
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FAIR-MINDED, UNBIASED
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IMPARTIAL
EVENHANDED UNPREJUDICED DISPASSIONATE |
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DISPARAGE
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TO BELITTLE, SPEAK DISRESPECTFULLY OF
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DENIGRATE
DEROGATE RIDICULE DERIDE |
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DISPARITY
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CONTRAST
DISSIMILARITY |
DISCREPANCY
CONTRADICTION DIVERGENCE INCONGRUITY INCOMPATIBILITY |
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DISPASSIONATE
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FREE FROM EMOTION; IMPARTIAL, UNBIASED
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IMPASSIVE
STOLID; DISINTERESTED EVENHANDED UNPREJUDICED |
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DISPEL
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TO DRIVE OUT OR SCATTER
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DISBAND
DISPERSE |
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DISPERSE
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TO BREAK UP, SCATTER
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DISSIPATE
DISINTEGRATE DISPEL |
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DISREPUTE
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DISGRACE, DISHONOR
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IGNOMINY
INFAMY |
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DISSEMBLE
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TO PRETEND, DISGUISE ONE'S MOTIVES
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FEIGN
CONCEAL CLOAK CAMOUFLAGE |
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DISSEMINATE
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TO SPREAD FAR AND WIDE
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CIRCULATE
DIFFUSE DISPERSE |
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DISSIPATE
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TO SCATTER; TO PURSUE PLEASURE TO EXCESS
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SQUANDER
DISPERSE CONSUME DISSOLVE; CAROUSE |
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DISSONANT
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HARSH AND UNPLEASANT SOUNDING
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DISCORDANT
INHARMONIOUS |
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DISSUADE
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TO PERSUADE SOMEONE TO ALTER ORIGINAL INTENTIONS
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DISCOURAGE
DETER |
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DIURNAL
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DAILY
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DAYLIGHT
DAYTIME |
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DOGGED
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STUBBORNLY PERSEVERING
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TENACIOUS
OBSTINATE PERTINACIOUS DETERMINED MULISH |
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DOGMATIC
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RIGIDLY FIXED IN OPINION
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INFLEXIBLE
DICTATORIAL DOCTRINAIRE OPINIONATED AUTHORITATIVE OBSTINATE |
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DOLEFUL
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SAD, MOURNFUL
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FUNEREAL
SOMBER LUGUBRIOUS DISMAL WOEFUL |
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DOUR
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SULLEN AND GLOOMY, STERN AND SEVERE
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AUSTERE
STRICT GRAVE SOLEMN SOMBER |
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DOWRY
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MONEY OR PROPERTY GIVEN BY A BRIDE TO HER HUSBAND
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DOWER
HOPE CHEST |
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DRAW
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PULL, DRAG, ATTRACT
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HAUL
TOW TUG LURE ENTICE |
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DROLL
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AMUSING IN A WRY, SUBTLE WAY
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EITTY
COMIC FUNNY ENTERTAINING RISIBLE |
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DULCET
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PLEASANT SOUNDING, SOOTHING TO THE EAR
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MELODIOUS
AGREEABLE SWEET HARMONIOUS |
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DUPE (VERB)
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TO DECEIVE, TRICK; (NOUN) FOOL, PAWN
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HOODWINK
COZEN BEGUILE GULL |
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DUPLICITY
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DECEPTION, DISHONESTY
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PERFIDY
INFIDELITY DISLOYALTY TREACHERY GUILE |
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DYSPEPTIC
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SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION; GLOOMY AND IRRITABLE
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MOROSE
SOLEMN MELANCHOLY SOUR ACERB |
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EBB
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TO FADE AWAY, RECEDE
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RETREAT
SUBSIDE ABATE WANE WITHDRAW |
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ECLECTIC
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SELECTING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
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CATHOLIC
SELECTIVE BROAD |
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EFFRONTERY
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IMPUDENT BOLDNESS, AUDACITY
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PRESUMPTION
BRASHNESS TEMERITY NERVE GALL |
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EGREGIOUS
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CONSPICUOUSLY BAD
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BLATANT
FLAGRANT GLARING GROSS RANK |
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ELEGY
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MOURNFUL POEM, USUALLY ABOUT THE DEAD
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DIRGE
LAMENT THRENODY |
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EMANCIPATE
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TO SET FREE, LIBERATE
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DELIVER
MANUMIT RELEASE |
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EMBROIL
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TO INVOLVE IN; CAUSE TO FALL INTO DISORDER
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IMPLICATE
ENSNARE; ENTANGLE |
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ENCOMIUM
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ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE
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EULOGY
PANEGYRIC TRIBUTE |
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ENERVATE
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TO WEAKEN, SAP STRENGTH FROM
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DEPLETE
DEBILITATE DRAIN EXHAUST |
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ENGENDER
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TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, BRING ABOUT
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PROCREATE
PROPAGATE ORIGINATE GENERATE |
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ENIGMATIC
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PUZZLING, INEXPLICABLE
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MYSTERIOUS
CRYPTIC BAFFLING |
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ENJOIN
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TO URGE, ORDER, COMMAND; FORBID OR PROHIBIT, AS BY JUDICIAL ORDER
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DIRECT
INSTRUCT CHARGE; PROHIBIT PROSCRIBE |
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ENMITY
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HOSTILITY, ANTAGONISM, ILL WILL
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ANIMOSITY
ANTIPATHY RANCOR ANIMUS |
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ENNUI
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BOREDOM, LACK OF INTEREST AND ENERGY
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TEDIUM
LISTLESSNESS WORLD-WEARINESS |
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ENORMITY
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STATE OF BEING GIGANTIC OR TERRIBLE
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OUTRAGEOUSNESS
ATROCIOUSNESS |
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EPHEMERAL
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MOMENTARY
TRANSIENT FLEETING |
TRANSITORY
FUGITIVE EVANESCENT |
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EPICURE
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PERSON WITH REFINED TASTE IN FOOD AND WINE
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GOURMET
GOURMAND CONNOISSEUR GASTRONOME |
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EPIGRAM
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SHORT, WITTY SAYING OR POEM
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MAXIM
ADAGE APHORISM |
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EPILOGUE
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CONCLUDING SECTION OF A LITERARY WORK
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AFTERWARD
FINALE |
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EPITOME
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REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENTIRE GROUP; SUMMARY
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PARAGON
EXEMPLAR PROTOTYPE QUINTESSENCE; ABSTRACT |
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EQUINE
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RELATING TO HORSES
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HORSY
ASININE MULISH |
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EQUIVOCAL
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AMBIGUOUS, OPEN TO MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETATION
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DOUBTFUL
MISLEADING UNCERTAIN |
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE VAGUE OR AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE INTENTIONALLY
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MISLEAD
PREVARICATE |
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ERRATIC
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INCONSISTENT, IRREGULAR
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ECCENTRIC
CAPRICIOUS UNSTABLE UNPREDICTABLE |
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ERUDITE
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LEARNED, SCHOLARLY
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KNOWLEDGEABLE
CULTURED EDUCATED WELL-READ LITERATE |
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ESOTERIC
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UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A LEARNED FEW
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MYSTERIOUS
ARCANE OCCULT RECONDITE SECRET |
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ESPOUSE
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TO SUPPORT OR ADVOCATE; TO MARRY
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CHAMPION
EMBRACE ADOPT |
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ESTRANGE
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TO ALIENATE, KEEP AT A DISTANCE
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DISAFFECT
SEPARATE DIVORCE |
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ETHEREAL
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NOT EARTHLY, SPIRITUAL, DELICATE
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INTANGIBLE
DIAPHANOUS AIRY GOSSAMER SHEER |
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ETIOLATE
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TO BLEACH AND ALTER THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF (A GREEN PLANT) BY EXCLUDING SUNLIGHT
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BLANCH
DECOLORIZE |
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EULOGY
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HIGH PRAISE, OFTEN IN A PUBLIC SPEECH
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TRIBUTE
COMMENDATION ENCOMIUM PANEGYRIC SALUTE |
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EVANESCENT
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MOMENTARY, TRANSITORY, SHORT-LIVED
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TRANSIENT
EPHEMERAL FLEETING FUGITIVE |
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EXACERBATE
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TO AGGRAVATE, DEEPEN THE BAD QUALITIES OF
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WORSEN
ESCALATE INTENSIFY |
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EXCRUCIATING
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AGONIZING, INTENSELY PAINFUL
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TORTUROUS
ACUTE FIERCE |
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME OR FAULT, VINDICATE
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EXONERATE
ACQUIT |
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EXIGENT
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URGENT; EXCESSIVELY DEMANDING
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PRESSING
IMPERATIVE COMPELLING CRITICAL CRUCIAL |
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EXORBITANT
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EXTRAVAGANT, GREATER THAN REASONABLE
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EXCESSIVE
IMMODERATE INORDINATE EXTREME |
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EXPIATE
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TO ATONE FOR, MAKE AMENDS FOR
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ANSWER
COMPENSATE PAY |
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EXPUNGE
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TO ERASE, ELIMINATE COMPLETELY
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DELETE
CANCEL EFFACE ANNUL OBLITERATE |
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EXPURGATE
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TO CENSOR
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CUT
BOWDLERIZE SANITIZE |
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EXTORT
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TO OBTAIN SOMETHING BY THREATS
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WRING
COERCE BLACKMAIL BLUDGEON BULLY |
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EXTRANEOUS
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IRRELEVANT, UNRELATED, UNNECESSARY
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IMMATERIAL
IMPERTINENT EXTRINSIC FOREIGN ALIEN |
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EXTRICATE
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TO FREE FROM, DISENTANGLE
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DISENGAGE
UNTANGLE RELEASE DISENCUMBER |
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FACADE
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FACE, FRONT; MASK SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE
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SURFACE;
PRETENSE CLOAK GUISE SEMBLANCE |
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FACILE
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EASILY DONE; SIMPLISTIC; POISED, ASSURED
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EFFORTLESS;
SIMPLE; NIMBLE FLUENT |
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FALLOW
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UNCULTIVATED, UNUSED
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UNSEEDED
INACTIVE IDLE |
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FANATICISM
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EXTREME DEVOTION TO A CAUSE
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ZEAL
MANIA OBSESSION |
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FASTIDIOUS
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CAREFUL WITH DETAILS
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METICULOUS
PAINSTAKING SCRUPULOUS PUNCTILIOUS PRECISE |
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FATHOM (VERB)
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TO MEASURE THE DEPTH OF, GAUGE
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COMPREHEND
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FATUOUS
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STUPID, FOOLISHLY SELF-SATISFIED
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SILLY
ABSURD PREPOSTEROUS RIDICULOUS LUDICROUS |
