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ABERRANT
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DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ABEYANCE
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TEMP. SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENSION
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ABSCOND
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TO LEAVE SECRETLY
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ABSTEMIOUS
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MODERATE IN APPETITE
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ADMONISH
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REPRIMAND OR CAUTION
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AESTHETIC
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RELATING TO BEAUTY OR ART
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AGGREGATE
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AMOUNTING TO THE WHOLE; TOTAL
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ALACRITY
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CHEERFUL WILLINGNESS
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE INTO A UNIFIED WHOLE
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AMBIGUOUS
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UNCLEAR OR DOUBTFUL IN MEANING
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AMBIVALENCE
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A STATE OF HAVING CONFLICTING EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES
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AMELIORATE
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TO IMPROVE
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF PROPER TIME
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ANALOGOUS
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COMPARABLE
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ANOMALOUS
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IRREGULAR; DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORM.
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ANTIPATHY
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HOSTILITY; DISLIKE
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APPRISE
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TO INFORM
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APPROBATION
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PRAISE/ APPROVAL
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APPROPRIATE
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TO TAKE POSSESSION FOR ONE'S OWN USE; CONFISCATE
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ARTLESS
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GUILELESS; NATURAL
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ASCETIC
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ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL
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ASSIDUOUS
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DILIGENT/ HARD WORKING
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE LESS SEVERE
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ATTENUATE
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TO WEAKEN
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AUDACIOUS
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BOLD/ DARING
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AUSTERE
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STERN/ UNADORNED
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AUTONOMOUS
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SELF- GOVERNING
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AVER
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TO AFFIRM/ DECLARE TO BE TRUE
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BANAL
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COMMONPLACE/ TRITE
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BELIE
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BELIE
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BENEFICENT
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KINDLY/ DOING GOOD
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS/ USING INFLATED LANGUAGE
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BOORISH
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RUDE
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BURGEON
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TO FLOURISH
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BURNISH
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TO POLISH
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BUTTRESS
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TO SUPPORT
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CACOPHONOUS
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UNPLEASANT OR HARSH SOUNDING
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CAPRICIOUS
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FICKLE
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CASTIGATION
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PUNISHMENT; CHASTISEMENT
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING CAUSING CHANGE
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CAUSALITY
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RELATING TO CHANGE/ CAUSING A CHANGE
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CHICANERY
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TRICKERY; FRAUD
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COAGULATE
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THICKEN; CONGEAL
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CODA
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COMING TO AN END.
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COMMENSURATE
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PROPORTIONAL
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COMPENDIUM
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BRIEF/ COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY
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COMPLAISANT
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OVERLY POLITE/ WILLING TO PLEASE/ OBLIGING
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CONCILIATORY
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OVERCOMING DISTRUST OR HOSTILITY
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CONFOUND
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TO BAFFLE/ PERPLEX
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CONNOISSEUR
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A PERSON POSSESSING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OR TRAINING
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CONTENTION
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AN ASSERTION
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CONUNDRUM
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RIDDLE/ PUZZLE WITH NO SOLUTION
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CONVENTIONAL
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CUSTOMARY OR COMMONPLACE
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CONVOLUTED
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TWISTED/ COMPLICATED
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CRAVEN
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COWARDLY
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DECORUM
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PROPER BEHAVIOR
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT/ REGARD FOR ANOTHER'S WISH
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DELINEATE
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TO REPRESENT OR DEPICT
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DENIGRATE
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TO SLUR SOMEONE'S REPUTATION
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DERIVATIVE
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SOMETHING DERIVED/ UNORIGINAL
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DESICCATE
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TO DRY COMPLETELY
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DESULTORY
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RANDOM/ DISCONNECTED
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DIATRIBE
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BETTER VERBAL ATTACK
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DICHOTOMY
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DIVISION INTO 2 CONTRADICTORY PARTS
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DIFFIDENCE
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SHYNESS/ LACK OF CONFIDENCE
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DIFFUSE
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TO SPREAD OUT
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DIGRESSION
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ACT OF STRAYING FROM THE MAIN POINT
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DIRGE
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FUNERAL HYMN
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DISABUSE
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TO FREE FROM MISCONCEPTION
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DICERNING
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PERCEPTIVE
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DOSCORDANT
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NOT IN TUNE
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DISCREDIT
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TO DISHONOR
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DISCREPANCY
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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DISCRETE
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DISTINCT/ CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE THING
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DISINGENUOUS
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NOT CANDID/ CRAFTY
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DISINTERESTED
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OBJECTIVE/ UNPREJUDICED
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DISJOINTED
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DISLOCATED/ LACKING ORDER
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DISMISS
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PUT AWAY FROM CONSIDERATION
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DISPARAGE
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TO BELITTLE
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DISPARATE
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DISSIMILAR
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DISSEMBLE
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TO PRETEND/ DISGUISE ONE'S MOTIVES
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DISSEMINATE
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TO SPREAD
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DISSOLUTION
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DISINTEGRATION
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DISSONANCE
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DISCORD/ LACK OF HARMONY
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DISTEND
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TO EXPAND/ SWELL OUT
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DISTILL
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EXTRACT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
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DOCTRINAIRE
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RELATING TO A PERSON WHO CANNOT COMPROMISE ABOUT POINTS OF A THEORY OR DOCTRINE
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DOGMATIC
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A HELD BELIEF THAT HAS NO PROOF
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DUPE
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TRICKED/ DECEIVED
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EBULLIENT
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EXHILARATED/ ENTHUSIASTIC
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ECLECTIC
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SELECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
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EFFICACY
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EFFICIENCY
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EFFRONTERY
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SHAMELESS BOLDNESS
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ELEGY
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POEM OR SONG EXPRESSING LAMENTATION
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ELICIT
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TO PROVOKE
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EMBELLISH
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TO ADORN
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EMPIRICAL
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DERIVED FROM OBSERVATION OR EXPERIMENT
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EMULATE
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TO IMITATE/ COPY
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ENDEMIC
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INHERENT
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ENERVATE
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TO WEAKEN
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ENGENDER
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TO CAUSE/ PRODUCE
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT LIVED/ FLEETING
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EQUANIMITY
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COMPOSURE/ CALMNESS
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO INTENTIONALLY USE VAGUE LANGUAGE
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ERUDITE
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LEARNED/ SCHOLARLY
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ESOTERIC
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND/ KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW
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EULOGY
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HIGH PRAISE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS RECENTLY DIED
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EUPHERMISM
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USE OF AGREEABLE OR INOFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN PLACE OF UNPLEASANT OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
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EXACERBATE
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TO AGGRAVATE/ TO MAKE WORSE
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME/ VINDICATE
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EXIGENCY
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CRISIS/ URGENT REQUIREMENTS
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EXTRANEOUS
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NOT ESSENTIAL
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FACETIOUS
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HUMOROUS
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FACILITATE
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TO MAKE LESS DIFFICULT
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FALLACIOUS
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BASED ON A FALSE IDEA OR FACT
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FATUOUS
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FOOLISHLY SELF SATISFIED
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FAWNING
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SEEKING FAVOR BY FLATTERING
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FELICITOUS
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SUITABLY EXPRESSED
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FLAG
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TO DROOP/ GROW WEAK
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FLEDGING
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BEGINNER/ NOVICE
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FLOUT
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TO TREAT SCORNFULLY
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FOMENT
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TO INCITE/ AROUSE
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FORESTALL
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TO PREVENT/ DELAY
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FRUGALITY
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THRIFT
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GAINSAY
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TO DENY/ DISPUTE/ OPPOSE
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GARRULOUS
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VERY TALKATIVE
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GOAD
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TO PROD/ URGE ON
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GOUGE
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TO TEAR OUT/ SCOOP OUT
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GRANDILOQUENT
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POMPOUS/ BOMBASTIC
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GREGARIOUS
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SOCIABLE
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GUILELESS
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FREE OF CUNNING OR DECEIT
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GULLIBLE
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EASILY DECEIVED
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HARANGUE
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LONG POMPOUS SPEECH
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HOMOGENEOUS
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COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL PARTS/ UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION
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HYPERBOLE
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PURPOSEFUL EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT
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ICONOCLASTIC
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ATTACKING CHERISHED TRADITIONS
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IDOLATRY
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IDOL WORSHIP/ BLIND OR EXCESSIVE DEVOTION
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IMMUTABLE
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UNCHANGEABLE
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IMPAIR
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TO DAMAGE/ INJURE
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IMPASSIVE
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SHOWING NO EMOTION
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IMPEDE
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TO HINDER/ BLOCK
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IMPERMEABLE
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE
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IMPERTURBABLE
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NOT EASILY DISTURBED
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE
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IMPLACABLE
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INFLEXIBLE/ INCAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED
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IMPLICIT
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IMPLIED/ UNDERSTOOD BUT NOT STATED
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IMPLODE
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COLLAPSE INWARD VIOLENTLY
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INADVERTENTLY
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CARELESSLY/ UNINTENTIONALLY
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INCHOATE
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IMPERFECTLY FORMED OR FORMULATED
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INCONGRUITY
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STATE OF NOT FITTING
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INCONSEQUENTIAL
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INSIGNIFICANT/ UNIMPORTANT
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INCORPORATE
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INTRODUCE SOMETHING INTO ANOTHER THING ALREADY IN EXISTENCE
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INDETERMINATE
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UNCERTAIN
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INDIGENCE
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POVERTY
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INDOLENT
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HABITUALLY LAZY
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INERT
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UNABLE TO MOVE
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INGENUOUS
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NAIVE AND TRUSTING
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INHERENT
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FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY NATURE OR HABIT
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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INSENSIBLE
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UNCONSCIOUS
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INSINUATE
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TO SUGGEST
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INSIPID
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LACKING IN FLAVOR
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INSULARITY
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NARROW-MINDNESS
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INTRACTABLE
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NOT EASILY MANAGED
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INTRANSIGENCE
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STUBBORNNESS REFUSAL TO OMPROMISE
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INUNDATE
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TO COVER WITH WATER/ OVERWHELM
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INURED
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HARDENED/ USE TO
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INVECTIVE
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VERBAL ABUSE
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY ANGERED
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IRRESOLUTE
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UNSURE OF HOW TO ACT
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LACONIC
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USING FEW WORDS
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LASSITUDE
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LETHARGY/ SLUGGISHNESS
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LAUD
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TO PRAISE
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LETHARGIC
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INACTIVE
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LEVEE
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AN EMBANKMENT THAT PREVENTS A RIVER FROM OVERFLOWING
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LEVITY
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LIGHT MANNER OF ATTITUDE
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LOG
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RECORD OF A VOYAGE/ RECORD OF DAILY ACTIVITES
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LOQUACIOUS
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TALKATIVE
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LUCID
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BRIGHT/ CLEAR. INTELLIGIBLE
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MAGNANIMITY
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GENEROSITY/ NOBILITY
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MALINGERER
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TO FEIGN ILLNESS TO ESCAPE DUTY
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MALLEABLE
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CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED BY POUNDING...
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MAVERICK
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DISSENTER
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MENDACIOUS
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DISHONEST
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METAMPRPHOSIS
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CHANGE/ TRANSFORMATION
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METICULOUS
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VERY CAREFUL/ FASTIDIOUS
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MISANTHROPE
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ONE WHO HATES HUMANITY
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MITIGATE
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TO CAUSE TO BECOME LESS HARSH/ SEVERE/ ALLEVIATE
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MOLLIFY
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TO SOOTHE
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MOROSE
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ILL-HUMORED
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MUNDANE
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WORDLY AS OPPOSED TO SPIRITUAL
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NEGATE
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TO CANCEL OUT
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NEOPHYTE
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NOVICE/ BEGINNER
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OBDURATE
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STUBBORN
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OBSEQUIOUS
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OVERLY SUBMISSIVE
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OBVIATE
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TO MAKE UNNECESSARY/ TO ANTICIPATE AND PREVENT
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OCCLUDE
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TO SHUT/ BLOCK
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OFFICIOUS
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TOO HELPFUL/ MEDDLESOME
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ONEROUS
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BURNDENSOME
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OPPROBRIUM
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DISGRACE/ CONTEMPT
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OSCILLATE
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TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH
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OSTENATIOUS
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SHOWY
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PARAGON
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MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION
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PARTISAN
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ONE-SIDED
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PATHOLOGICAL
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DEPARTING FROM NORM. CONDITIONS
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PAUCITY
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SCARCITY
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PEDANTIC
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SHOWING OFF LEARNING
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PENCHANT
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INCLINATION
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PENURY
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EXTREME POVERTY
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PERENNIAL
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PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
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PERFIDIOUS
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FAITHLESS/ DISLOYAL
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PERFUNCTORY
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SUPERFICIAL
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PERMEABLE
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PENETRABLE
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PERVASIVE
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SPREAD THROUGHOUT EVERY PART
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PHLEGMATIC
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CALM IN TEMPERAMENT
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PIETY
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DEVOUTNESS
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PLACATE
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TO LESSEN ANOTHER'S ANGER
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PLASTICITY
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CONDITION OF BEING ABLE TO BE SHAPED OR FORMED
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PLATITUDE
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STALE/ OVER USED EXPRESSION
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PLETHORA
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EXCESS
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PLUMMET
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TO FALL/ PLUNGE
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL
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PRECARIOUS
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UNCERTAIN
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PRECIPITATE
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TO CAUSE TO HAPPEN/ THROW DOWN FROM A HEIGHT
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PRECURSOR
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FORERUNNER
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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RUDE/ IMPROPERLY BOLD
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PREVARICATE
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TO QUIBBLE/ EVADE THE TRUTH
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PRISTINE
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UNTOUCHED/ UNCORRUPTED
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PROBITY
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HONESTY. HIGH MINDEDNESS
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PROBLEMATIC
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POSING A PROBLEM
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PRODIGAL
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WASTEFUL/ LAVISH
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PROLIFERATE
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INCREASE RAPIDLY
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PROPENSITY
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INCLINATION
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PROPITIATE
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TO WIN OVER
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PROPRIETY
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CORRECT CONDUCT
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PROSCRIBE
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TO CONDEMN
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PUNGENT
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STRONG OR SHARP IN SMELL OR TASTE
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QUALIFIED
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LIMITED/ RESTRICTED
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QUIBBLE
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TO ARGUE OVER INSIGNIFICANT AND IRRELEVANT DETAILS
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QUIESCENT
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INACTIVE/ STILL
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RAREFIED
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REFINED
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RECALCITRANT
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RESISTING AUTHORITY OR CONTROL
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RECANT
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TO RETRACT A STATEMENT OR OPINION
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RECONDITE
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ABTRUSE/ PROFOUND
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REFRACTORY
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STUBBORN/ UNMANAGEABLE
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REFUTE
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TO CONTRADICT
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RELEGATE
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TO CONSIGN TO AN INFERIOR POSITION
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REPROACH
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TO FIND FAULT WITH
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REPROBATE
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MORALLY UNPRINCIPLED PERSON
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REPUDIATE
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TO REJECT AS HAVING NO AUTHORITY
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RESCIND
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TO CANCEL
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RESOLUTION
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DETERMINATION/ SOLUTION
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RETICENT
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NOT SPEAKING FREELY/ RESERVED
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REVERENT
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EXPRESSING DEEP RESPECT
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SAGE
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WISE
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SALUBRIOUS
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LASCIVIOUS/ LUSTFUL
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SANCTION
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TO APPROVE
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SATIATE
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TO SATISFY
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SATURATE
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TO SOAK THROUGHLY
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SECRETE
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PRODUCE AND RELEASE SUBSTANCE INTO ORGANISM
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SHARD
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A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS
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SKEPTIC
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ONE WHO DOUBTS
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SOLICITOUS
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CONCERNED/ ATTENTIVE/ EAGER
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SOPORIFIC
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SLEEP PRODUCING
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SPECIOUS
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SEEMING TO BE LOGICAL AND SOUND, BUT NOT REALLY SO
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SPECTRUM
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BAND OF COLORS PRODUCED WHEN SUNLIGHT PASSES THROUGH A PRISM
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SPORADIC
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IRREGULAR
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STIGMA
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MARK OF DISGRACE
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STINT
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TO BE SPARING
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STIPULATE
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TO SPECIFY AS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION
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STOLID
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HAVING OR SHOWING LITTLE EMOTION
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STRIATED
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MARKED WITH THIN, NARROWED GROOVES OR CHANNELS
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STRUT
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TO SWAGGER
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SUBPOENA
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NOTICE ORDERING SOMEONE TO APPEAR IN COURT
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SUBSTANTIATE
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TO SUPPORT WITH PROOF OR EVIDENCE
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SUPERSEDE
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TO REPLACE
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SUPPOSITION
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THE ACT OF ASSUMING TO BE TRUE OR REAL
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TACIT
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SILENTLY UNDERSTOOD/ IMPLIED
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TANGENTIAL
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PERIPHERAL. DIGRESSING
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TENUOUS
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WEAK/ INSUBSTANTIAL
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TRIADE
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LONG/ VIOLENT SPEECH
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TORPOR
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LETHARGY
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TORTUOUS
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HAVING MANY TWIST AND TURNS
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TRACTABLE
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OBEDIENT/ YEILDING
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TRANSGRESSION
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ACT OF TRESPASSING OR VIOLATING A LAW OR RULE
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TRUCULENCE
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AGGRESSIVENESS
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VACILLATE
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TO WAVER
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VENERATE
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TO ADORE/ HONOR/ RESPECT
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VERACIOUS
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TRUTHFUL
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VERBOSE
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WORDY
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VIABLE
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PRACTICABLE
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VISCOUS
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THICK/ SYRUPY
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VITUPERATIVE
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USING OR CONTAINING HARSH ABUSIVE CENSURE
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VOLATILE
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TENDING TO VARY FREQUENTLY
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WARRANTED
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JUSTIFIED
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WARY
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CAREFUL
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WELTER
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TO WALLOW OR ROLE
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WHIMSICAL
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FANCIFUL/ UNPREDICTABLE
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ZEALOT
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ONE WHO IS FANATICALLY DEVOTED TO A CAUSE
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EVINCE
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TO SHOW PLAINLY
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