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Travail(n)
painful labour
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Implicit
understood but not stated
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Befuddle
confuse thoroughly
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Atheistic
denying the existence of God
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Vitiate
spoil the effect of
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Miscegenation
intermarriage between races
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Seclusion
isolation, solitude
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Discerning
mentally quick and observant
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Dishabille
a state of undress
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Disparate
basically different, unrelated
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Enfranchise
to admit the rights of citizenship
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Senescence
state of growing old
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Counterpart
a thing that completes other
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Obtrusive
pushing forward
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Fulminate
thunder, explode
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Mausoleum
monumental tomb
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Monotheism
belief in one God
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Obligatory
binding, required
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Wangle(v)
fake , wiggle out
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Lackadaisical
affectedly languid
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Pejorative
having a deteriorating or depreciating effect on the meaning of the word
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Dilapidated
ruined because of neglect
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Diligence
persistent hardwork
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Dipsomaniac
one who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquor
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Pendent
suspending, pending
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Arcane
secret, mysterious
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Cede
transfer, yield title to
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Congenital
existing at birth
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Receptive
quick or willing to recieve ideas or suggestions
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Reactionary
recoiling from progress
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Incubus
mental care, burden
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Votary
follower of a cult
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Unearthly
not earthly, weird
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Unequivocal
plain, obvious
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Irreverent
lacking proper worship, Impious
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Parody
humorous immitation
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Mawkish
insipid, sickening
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Recidivism
habitual return to crime
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Placate
pacify, conciliate
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Protege
person under the protection and support of a patron
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Detrimental
harmful, damaging
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Dictum
authorative and weighty statement
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Didactic
teaching, instructional
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Pterodactyl
extinct flying reptile
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Brocade
rich, figured fabric
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Aspersion
slanderous remark
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Incommodious
not spacious
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Incredulity
a tendency to disbelief
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Perpetrate
commit an offense
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Homespun
domestic, homemade
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Notorious
outstandingly bad
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Odoriferous
giving an odor
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Impending
nearing, approaching
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Ornithology
study of birds
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Requiem
mass for the dead
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Stipend(n)
pay for services
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Stentorian
extremely loud
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Indulgent
yielding, lenient
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Derivative
unoriginal, derived from another source
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Dermatologist
one who studies the skin and its diseases
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Detached
emotionally removed
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Pyromaniac
person with an insane desire to set everything on fire
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Quaint
odd, old fashioned
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Panache
flair, flamboyance
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Glossy
smooth and shining
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Indicative
suggestive, implying
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Continence
sexual chastity
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Viable
capable of maintaining life
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Disband
dissolve, disperse
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Reprobration
severe disapproval
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Denotation
distinguishing by name, meaning
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Deprecate
disapprove regretfully
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Derelict
neglectful of duty
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Luscious
pleasing to taste or smell
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Saccharine
cloyingly sweet
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Scourge
severe punishment
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Humility
humbleness of spirit
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Panoply
full set of armor
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Verbalize
to put into words
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Refection
slight refreshment
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Unction
the act of anointing with oil
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Parvenu
newly rich person
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Chagrin
vexation, disappointent
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Bristling
rising like bristles
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Quarantine
isolation of a person or ship to prevent spread of infection
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Quorum
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Husbandry
frugality, thrift
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Idolatory
worship of Gods
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Timbre
quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument
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Tensile
capable of being stretched
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Tutelary
protective, pertaining to guardianship
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Unconscionable
unscrupulous, excessive
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Andirons
metal supports in a fireplace for cooking utensils
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Composure
mental calmness
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Scullion
menial kitchen worker
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Waft(v)
moved gently with the wind or waves
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Deciduous
falling off as of leaves
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Callow
youthful, immature
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Molecule
the smallest part of a homogenous substance
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Commensurate
equal in extent
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Liquidate
settle accounts
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Motility
ability to move swiftly
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Practical
based on experience
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Fanfare
call by bugles or trumpets
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Scintillate
sparkle, flash
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Solace
comfort in trouble
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Sycophant
servile flatterer
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Syllogism
logical formula utilising a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion
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Delibrate(v)
cosider, ponder
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Sylvan
pertaining to woods
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Waif
homeless animal or child
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Volatile
evaporating rapidly
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Tundra
treeless plain in Siberia and North America
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Intuition
power of knowing without reasoning
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Exertion
expenditure of much physical effort
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Hermitage
home of a hermit
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Bungle
spoil by clumsy behavior
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Glaze
cover with a thin and shiny surface
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Resurgent
rising again after the defeat
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Perfidy
violation of a trust
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Eulogistic
praising, encomiastic
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Abolish
cancel, put an end to
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Clamber
climb by crawling
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Snicker
half-stifled laugh
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Vernal
pertaining to spring
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Ambivalence
the state of having contradictory emotional attitudes
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Amenities
convenient features
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Amputate
cut off a part of body
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Oligarchy
government by a few
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Scrutinize
examine closely and critically
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Winnow
separate good parts from bad
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Construe
explain, interpret
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Hackles
hair on the neck and back of dog
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Symbiosis
interdependant relationship (between groups, species) which is mutually benificial
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Synoptic
providing a great overview
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Bereavement
state of being deprived
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Harrass
to annoy by repeated attacks
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Retentive
holding, having a good memory
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Chaotic
in utter disorder
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Disinterested
unprejudiced
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Obtrude
push into prominence
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Slovenly
untidy, careless
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Vehement
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Winsome
agreeable, gracious
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Bilious
suffering from indigestion
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Complement
that which completes
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Succulent
juicy, full of richness
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Aggrandize
increase or intensify
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Agnostic
one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of God or any ultimate reality
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Allegory
story in which characters are used as symbols
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Altruistic
unselfishly generous
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Swelter
to be oppressed by heat
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Retaliate
repay in kind(usually for bad treatment)
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Substantiate
verify, support
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Transgression
violation of a law
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Misconstrue
interprate incorrectly, misjudge
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Countenance(v)
approve, tolerate
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Transcend
exceed, surpass
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Volition
act of making concious choice
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Enigmatic
obscure, puzzling
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Enunciate
speak distinctly
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Clique
small exclusive group
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Blase
bored with pleasure or dissipation
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Drone
idle person, male bee
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Patent
open for public to read
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Subversive
tending to overthrow or ruin
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Debase
reduce to a lower state
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Imposture
assuming a false identity
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Satrap
petty ruler working for a superior despot
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Stipulate
make express conditions, specify
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Stipple
paint or draw with dots
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Pestilential
causing plague
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Accomodate
oblige or to help someone
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Acerbity
bitterness of speech and temper
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Acoustics
science of sound
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Transparent
permitting light to pass through
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Venial
forgiveable, trival
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Acquiesce
agree passively
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Whet(v)
sharpen, stimulate
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Nautical
pertaining to ships or navigations
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Poignant
keen, piercing, severe
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Serrated
having a saw-toothed edge
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Bauble(n)
- trinklet
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Anchor(v)
secure or fasten firmly
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Lagoon
shallow body of water
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Invulnerable
incapable of injury
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Juxtapose
place side by side
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Incompatible
inharmonious
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Inundate(v)
overflow, flood
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Acute
quickly perceptive, brief
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Adjunct
something attached to but holding a minor position
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Languish
- lose animation
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Conviction
strongly held belief
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Flagrant
conspicuously wicked
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Dehydrate
remove water from
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Invert
turn upside down or inside out
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Impecunious
without money
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Elicit
draw out by conclusion
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Replete
filled to capacity
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Scrutinize
examine closely and critically
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Subordinate
occupying a lower rank
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Subtlety
- nicety
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Taciturn
habitualy silent
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Robust
vigorous and strong
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Servile
of or like a slave
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Meander
to turn or wind in its course
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Calculated
deliberately planned
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