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| Adage | proverb, wise saying
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| Bonanza | A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain.
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| Churlish | Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work or deal with; rude
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| Citadel | A fortress that over looks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place
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| Collaborate | To work with, work together
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| Decree | An order having force of law; to issue an order; to command firmly or forcefully
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| Discordant | Disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicted
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| Evolve | To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level
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| Excerpt | A passage taken from a book, article, etc.; to take such a passage; to quote
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| Grope | To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly.
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| Hover | To float or hang suspended over; to more back and forth uncertainly over or around
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| Jostle | To make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump; shove, brush against; to compete for
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| Laggard | A person who moves slowly or falls behind falling behind slow move, act or respond
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| Plaudits | Applause; enthusiastic praise or approval
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| Preclude | To make impossible, to prevent, shut out
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| Revert | To return, go back
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| Rubble | Broken stone or bricks; ruins
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| Servile | Of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or servant, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive
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| Vigil | A watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention
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| Wrangle | To quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way to obtain by argument; to herd
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| Antics | Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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| Avowed | Declared openly and without shame, acknowledge
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| Banter | To exchange playful remarks, tease talk that is playful and teasing
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| Bountiful | Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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| Congested | Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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| Detriment | Harm or loss; injury damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss or damage
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| Durable | Sturdy not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
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| Enterprising | energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
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| Frugal | Cheap
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| Gingerly | With extreme care or caution
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| Glut | To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; an oversupply
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| Incognito | In disguised state
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| Invalidate | To make valueless, take away all force or effect
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| Legendary | Described in well known stories existing in old stories rather then real life.
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| Maim | To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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| Minimize | to make as small as possible
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| Oblique | Slanting or slopping; not straight forward
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| Veer | To change direction or course suddenly turn aside shift swerve
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| Venerate | To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
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| Wanton | Reckless, heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals a spoiled pampered person; one with low morals.
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| allot | To assign or distribute
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| amass | to bring together, collect, gather
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| audacious | bold, adventurous
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| comply | to yield a request or command
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| allot | To assign or distribute
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| amass | to bring together, collect, gather
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| audacious | bold, adventurous
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| comply | to yield a request or command
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| devoid | not having or using, lacking
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| elite | the choice part of a group or people or things. superior
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| grapple | an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with
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| incapacitate | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible
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| instigate | to urge; to stir up
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| longevity | long life, long duration, length of life
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| myriad | in very great numbers; a very great number
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| perspective | a point view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed physically or mentally
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| perturb | to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw in confusion
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| prodigious | immense; extraordinary in bulk, size or degree
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| relevant | connected with or related to the matter at hand
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| skittish | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious;
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| tether | a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources
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| unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord
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| vie | to compete; to strive for victory or superiority
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| willful | stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
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| unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord
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