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abdication
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give up control, authority
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abet
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help/encourage somebody in doing something wrong
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off, worn away by friction
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abrograte
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repeal or annul by authority
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abut
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border on
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acarpous
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effete, no longer fertile, worn out
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend, obscure
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone, inflexibility
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admonitory
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containing warning
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affinity
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close connection, relationship
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agog
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eager/excited
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aleck
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one who considers himself smarter than others
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved, indifferent
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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antithetical
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direct, opposing
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apprise
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give notice, to inform
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apropos
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appopriate to the situation, apt
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arabesque
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a complex, ornate design
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aboreal
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of connected with trees
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argot
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jargon, slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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asceptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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augury
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omen, sign
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august
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majestic, venerable
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auxiliary
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helping, supporting
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avid
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eager, greedy
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avow
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admit. declare openly
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baleful
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harmful, ominous, causing evil
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin, perniciouis, destructive
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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bellicose
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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bequest
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arrangement to give something at death
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of something (material)
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bigot
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stubborn, narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge, the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery, coaxing
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blithe
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cheerful, casual, carefree
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boorish
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crude, offensive, rude
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brash
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hasty, rush, cheeky, saucy
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brook
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to tolerate, to endure
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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cabal
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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander, aspersion
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cant
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insincere talk/ jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly, sort of touting
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chastened
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corrected, punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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churl
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a bad tempered person
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cloture
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a closing device (in parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coeval
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of the same period, coexisting
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cogitate
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think deeply, mediate
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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conceit
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over-high opinion of too much pride
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen remarkable
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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convoke
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call together, summon
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting aas a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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countervail
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counterbalance
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coy
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shy/modest
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crass
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very great
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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descry
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catch sight of, see something in the distance
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desuetude
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cessation of use, disabuse
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard, digressnig at random
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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speak comprehensively, become wider, large
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discomfit
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confuse, embarrass
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discreet
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careful/prudent
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disinter
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disinter
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divestiture
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taking off, getting rid of, giving up
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doggeral
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trivial, poorly constructed, verse
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droll
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jesting
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dud
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no use person, something that fails
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dulcet
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meledious, harmonious
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duress
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threats that compel
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dynamo
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a generator, something that produces electric current
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earthenware
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dishes made out of baked clay
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edacious
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voracious, devouring
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eddy
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circular or spiral movement
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effete
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infertile, worn out, weak
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles, a noxious odor or vapor
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emaciate
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make thin and weak,
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emote
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stir up, excite
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise, eulogy, panegric
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encumbrance
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burden, things that get on the way of
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engrave
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impress deeply
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engrossing
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taking up all the time or attention, writing in large or formal
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enigma
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something that is puzzling
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enmity
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hatred being an enemy
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entreat
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ask earnestly
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epicurean
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devoted to pleasure
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epithet
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adjective
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epitome
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brief summary, representative, example, a typical model
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equable
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steady, regular
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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equipose
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equal distribution of weight, equilibrium
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espouse
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marry
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excoriation
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severe criticism
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expiation
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ending, expiring
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expostulate
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argue earnestly, to dissuade, correct or protest
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expurgate
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to remove, obscenity, purify, censor
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excind
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to cut out, cut away
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extol
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to praise higly
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extralegal
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outside the law
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extricable
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that can be freed
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fagged
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too tired, exhausted
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fecund
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fertile
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feint
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pretend
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fellitous
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suitable expressed, well chosen, apropos
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ferret
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discover by searching, search
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fervid
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showing earnest feeling
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fetid
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stinking
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fetter
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to shackle, put in chains
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finicky
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finical
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flak
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criticism/anti-aircraft guns
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flax
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pale yellow (hair) a plant
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fledged
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able to fly, trained, expert
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florid
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very much ornamented, naturally red
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foible
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defect of character (person is wrongly proud)
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foment
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put something warm (to lessen the pain)
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foppish
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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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forbear
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refrain from, be patient, ancestor
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forbearance
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patience, willingness to wait
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forswear
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renounce, disallow, repudiate
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fracas
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noisy, quarrel
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frenetic
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trantic, frenzied
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froward
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intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
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fulsome
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disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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garble
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to make unfair, selection from facts
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gaucherie
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socially awkward, tactless behavior
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glean
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gather in small quantities
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