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Adulterate
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To corrupt, make worse by teh addition of something of lesser value
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Ambidextrous
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Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful
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Augment
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To make larger, increase
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Bereft
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Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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To position or arrrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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Stern, unyeilding; gloomy, ill-humored
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Fortitude
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Courage in facing difficulties
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Gape
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To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide
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Gibe
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To utter taunting words
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Guise
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An external appearance, cover, mask
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Insidious
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Intended to deceive or entrap; sly
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Intimation
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A hint, indirect suggestion
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Opulent
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Wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Pliable
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easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Reiterate
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To say agian, repeat
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Stolid
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Not easily moved, mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Tentative
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Experimental in nature; uncertain
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Unkempt
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Not combed; untidy
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Verbatim
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Word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Warily
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Cautiously, with great care
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Adroit
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Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Amicable
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Peaceable, friendly
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Averse
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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
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Belligerent
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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
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Benevolent
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Kindly, charitable
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Cursory
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Hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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Treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
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To praise extravagantly
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Feasible
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Possible, able to be done
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Grimace
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A wry face, facial distortion
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Holocaust
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A large-scale destruction
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Impervious
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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
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A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Jeopardy
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Danger
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Meticulous
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Extremely careful; particular about details
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Nostalgia
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A longing for something past
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Quintessence
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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
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To mave backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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To examine closely
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Tepid
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Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
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Adversary
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An enemy, opponent
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Alienate
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To turn away; to make indiffernt or hostile
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Artifice
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A skillful or ingenios device; clever trick
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Coerce
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To compel, force
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Craven
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Cowardly
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Culinary
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Of or related to cooking or to the kitchen
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Delete
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To erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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Plowed but not seeded; inactive
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Harass
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To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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negligible
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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To make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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To set right; relief form wrong or injury
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Sojourn
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A temporary stay
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Urbane
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Refined in manner or style, suave
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Affiliated
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Associated, connected
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Ascertain
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To find out
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Attainment
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An accomplishment; the act of achieving
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Bequeath
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To give or pass on as an inheritance
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Cogent
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Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
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Converge
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To move toward one point, approach nearer together
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Disperse
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To scatter, spread far and wide
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Esteem
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To regard highly
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Espunge
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To erase, obliterate, destroy
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Finite
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Having limits; lasting for a limited time
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Invulnerable
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Not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded agianst attack
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Malevolent
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Spiteful, showing ill will
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Nonchalant
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Cool and confident, unconcerned
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Omniscient
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Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
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Panacea
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A remedy for all ills, cure-all; an answer to all problems
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Scrupulous
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Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details
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Skulk
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To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
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Supercilious
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Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
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Uncanny
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Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
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Venial
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Easily excused; pardonable
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Alturistic
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Unselfish, concerned wtih the welfare of others
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Assent
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To express agreement
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Benefactor
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One who does good to others
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Chivalrous
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Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly
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Clemency
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Mercy, humaness; mildness, moderateness
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Dearth
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A lack, scarity, inadequate supply; a famine
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Diffident
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Shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
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Discrepancy
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A difference; a lack of agreement
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Embark
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To go aboard; to make a new start; to invest
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Facile
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Easily done or attained; superficial
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Indomitable
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Unconquerable, refusing to yeild
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Infallible
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Free from error
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Plod
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To walk heavily or slowly
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Pungent
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Causing a sharp sensation
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Remiss
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Neglectful in preformance of one's duty, careless
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Repose
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To rest; lie
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Temerity
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Rashness, boldness
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Truculent
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Fierce and cruel; agressive
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Unfeigned
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Sincere, real without pretense
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Virulent
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Extremely poisonous
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Accede
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To yeild to; to assume an office or dignity
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Brandish
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To wave or flourish in a menacing fashion
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Comprise
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To include or contain; to be made up of
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Deft
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Skillful, nimble
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Destitute
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Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
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Explicit
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Definite, clearly stated
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Extirpate
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To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
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Inopportune
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Coming at a bad time; not appropriate
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Ironic
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Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
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Musty
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Stale, moldy; out-of-date
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Officious
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Meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authourity
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Ominous
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Unfavorable, threatening
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Pinnacle
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A high peak or point
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Premeditated
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Considered beforehand
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Rampant
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Growing without check
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Solace
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Comfort, relief
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Stately
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Dignified, majestic
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Supple
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Bending easily
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Suppress
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To stop by force, put down
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Venal
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Open to or marked by bribery or corruption
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Abhor
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To regard with horror or loathing; to hate
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Amend
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To change in a formal way
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Buffet
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To slap or cuff
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Chaos
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Great confusion, disorder
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Commodious
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Roomy, spacious
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Corrosive
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Eating away gradually, acidlike
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Discern
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To see clearly, recognize
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Extant
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Still existing
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Implicate
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To involve in; to connect with or be related to
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Inter
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To bury
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Martinet
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A strict disciplinarian
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Obviate
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To anticipate and prevent; to remove
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Renegade
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One who leaves a group
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Reprehensible
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Deserving blame or punishment
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Somber
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Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
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Squalid
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Filthy
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Turbulent
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Disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
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Vociferous
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Loud and noisy; compelling attention
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Voluminous
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Of great size; numerous
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Waive
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To do without, give up voluntarily; defer
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