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CYNIC
a person who believes the worst of people's behavior and motives; someone who believes people are motivated by selfishness
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INTRINSIC
belonging to a person of thing by its very nature (and thus not depend on circumstances) built in
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INFAMOUS
having a very bad reputation; widely known for being vicious, criminal, or deserving of contempt
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BENEFACTOR
a person or organization that gives help, especially finacial aid
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SPECULATE
to come up with ideas or theories about a subject; theorize
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ALLEVIATE
to relieve. make easier to endure
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REVULSION
great disgust or distaste
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SQUANDER
to waste, spend or use foolishly
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CURTAIL
to cut shosrt or reduce
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INCENTIVE
something that moves one to take action or work harder, a motivation
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DIGRESS
to turn aside, or stray, especially from the main topic in speaking or writing
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RIGOR
great hardship or difficulty; harshness; severity
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DEVASTATE
to upset deeply; overwhelm
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SUCCUMB
to give in; stop resisting
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INCORPORATE
to unite into a single whole; combine
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INTERMITTENT
starting and stopping from time to time; off and on.
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QUALM
an uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is.
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GARBLE
to mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble
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GLOAT
to feel or express delight or self-satisfaction, often spitefully
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BLIGHT
something that weakens, damages, or destroys
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PLAGIARISM
using someone's else's writings or ideas as one's own
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CONTRIVE
to plan cleverly ; think up
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RETALIATE
to return an injury for an injury; pay back
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BLATANT
very obvious, often offensively so
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IMMACULATE
perfectly clean
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INTRICATE
having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex
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SUFFICE
to be good enough
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DEGENERATE
to worsen deteriorate
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SANCTUARY
a place of safety, protection, or relief
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INTERCEDE
to make a request or plead on behalf of someone else
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VULNERABLE
open to damage or attack; susceptible
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IMPLAUSIBLE
difficult to believe; unlikely
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SCRUTINY
close inspection ;careful examination
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INCOHERENT
unable to speak in an orderly, logical way
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CONSTITUTE
to make up; be the parts of
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DEFAULT
to fail to do something required
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PREDOMINAT
most common or most noticeable
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PREREQUISITE
something required beforehand
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CONFISCATE
to seize with authority; legally take possession of
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DECIPHER
to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out)
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NOMINAL
slight; very small compared with what might be expected
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CONCURRENT
happening or existing at the same time ;simultaneous
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RECESSION
a temporary decline in business
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HYPOTHETICAL
supposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical.
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