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3rd week

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culinary   of or related to kitchen or food  
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reputed   supposedly known  
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reputable   respectable  
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orgy   over indulgence in pleasure seeking  
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extravagant   wasteful  
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lavish   wasteful  
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prodigal   wasteful  
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profligate   wasteful  
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spendthrift   wasteful  
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sumptuous   costly looking ; wasteful  
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dissipating   wasteful  
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frugal   careful in spending  
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sparing   careful in spending  
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thrifty   careful in spending  
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miserly   stingy  
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niggardly   stingy  
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tightfisted   stingy  
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closefisted   stingy  
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parsimonious   stingy  
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penurious   stingy  
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miser   stingy person  
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niggard   stingy person  
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tightwad   stingy person  
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skinflint   stingy person  
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spare   to save  
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spare   thin; skinny  
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sparing   frugal  
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husband   to spare/ save/ farm/ manage household  
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husbandman   farmer  
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husbandry   frugality/farming  
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waspish   ill-tempered  
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penurious   needy;poor;stingy  
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penurious   poor  
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indigent   poor  
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destitute   poor  
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impecunious   poor  
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impoverished   poor  
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penury   poverty  
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indigence   poverty  
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destitution   poverty  
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impecuniousness   poverty  
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impoverishment   poverty  
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privation   poverty  
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eleemosynary   depending on alms; charitable; given as charity  
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alms   $ or things given to poor; charity  
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pauper   poor person who depends on welfare  
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destitute   lacking in necessities of life; poor  
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impecunious   moneyless; poor  
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mercenary   of or for money ; money - oriented; hired soldier who fights for salary  
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privation   lack of necessities of life ; destitution  
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escapade   reckless adventure  
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conventional   traditional  
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adept   skillful  
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adroit   skillful  
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dexterous   skillful  
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inept   not skillful  
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maladroit   not skillful  
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ineptitude   unskillfulness  
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adept   skillful/ an expert  
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tyro   beginner  
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neophyte   beginner  
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greenhorn   beginner  
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fledgling   beginner  
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novice   beginner  
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inductee   beginner  
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newcomer   beginner  
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ABCdarian   beginner  
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adept   expert  
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maestro   expert  
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virtuoso   expert  
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veteran   expert  
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guru   expert  
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connoisseur   expert  
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verdant   inexperienced ; fresh & green  
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verdancy   being inexperienced  
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callow   young and inexperienced  
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fallow   [land] not cultivated or utilized; idle; not fertile  
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fledge   to begin / [bird] to cover body w/ feather  
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fledgling   beginner / young bird just about to fly  
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virtuoso   great expert in art, music, etc  
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virtuosity   great skill  
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finesse   great skill  
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guru   a great teacher / religious leader in Hinduism  
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adroit (right hand)   skillful  
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gauche (left hand)   clumsy  
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gaucherie   socially awkward behavior  
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ungainly   clumsy; awkward  
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wooden   clumsy; awkward  
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dexterous (right)   skillful  
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sinister (left)   evil  
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ambidextrous   able to use both hands as right & left - handed  
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infallible   always certain w/ o error  
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certitude   certainty  
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inerrancy   being w/o error  
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err   to make error  
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errant   mistaken  
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erroneous   false  
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lapse   slight error  
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blunder   to make foolish mistakes / foolish mistake  
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abstruse   difficult to understand  
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divulge   to make known  
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debunk   to make known falseness of myth, etc  
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betray   to make known; to show  
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intimate   close; familiar / to show, suggest, indicate  
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reveal   to make known  
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lay bare   to make known  
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paucity   smallness in number  
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iota   a small number  
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modicum   small amount  
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snippet   small piece or amount  
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myriad   great amount / a great many  
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plather   great amount  
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precocious   having developed certain faculties earlier than is normal ; premature  
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precocity   prematureness  
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preciosity   over-refinement in language / expression such as extreme subtleties  
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vituperate   to curse  
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revile   to curse  
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imprecate   to curse  
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anathematize   to curse  
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anathema   curse / object of hatred  
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solemn   serious/ religious  
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revere   to respect  
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venerate   to respect  
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defer   to respect/ to postpone duty / responsibility  
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esteem   to respect  
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reverence   respect  
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veneration   respect  
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deference   respect  
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esteem   respect  
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homage   respect  
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deferment   postponement  
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respectable   deserving respect  
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reputable   deserving respect  
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venerable   deserving respect  
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reverent   deserving respect  
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estimable   deserving respect  
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respectful   showing respect  
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deferential   showing respect  
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reverential   showing respect  
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flippant   showing no respect  
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impertinent   showing no respect  
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flippancy   lack of respect  
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impertinent   not related / showing no deserved respect  
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pertinent   related  
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relevant   related  
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cognate   related  
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germane   related  
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impertinent   not related  
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extraneous   not related  
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tangential   not related  
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peripheral   not related  
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catharsis   strong outlet for emotion  
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lugubrious   very serious and sad  
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woeful   sad  
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mournful   sorrowful  
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wistful   longing for ; sad  
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doleful   sad  
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lamentable   sad  
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glum   sad  
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gloomy   sad  
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plaintive   sorrowful  
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plaintiff   one who sues  
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dismal   sad  
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melancholy   sad  
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elegiac   sad  
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elegy   sad music or lit  
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dolorious   sad  
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lachrymose   tearful; in habit of weeping; sad  
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lachrymal   of tears  
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somber   dark color; sad  
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murky   dark / grum  
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overcast   darkened by cloud; sad  
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pathetic   sad  
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morose   sad  
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frivolity   lack of seriousness  
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levity   lack of seriousness  
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frivolous   lacking in seriousness  
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levity   lack of seriousness  
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levitate   to rise and float in defiance of gravity  
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gravity   seriousness; pulling force  
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gravitate   to attract  
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gravitas   weight; importance  
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fatalism   belief that all events are predetermined by the fate and hence, inevitable  
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congruous   harmonious  
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compatible   harmonious  
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consonant   harmonious  
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accordant   harmonious  
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incongruous   not harmonious  
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incompatible   not harmonious  
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dissonant   not harmonious  
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discordant   not harmonious  
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candid   frank; innocent/ saying freely what one thinks or feels  
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candid   opp reticent  
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candor   innocence  
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deter   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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impede   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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occlude   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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stymie   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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inhibit   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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restrain   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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obstruct   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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thwart   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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hamper   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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stunt   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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blight   to hinder/block [ discourage]  
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deterrence   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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impediment   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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occlusion   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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stymie   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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inhibition   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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restraint   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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obstruction   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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obstacle   hindrance ; something that blocks [ discourages]  
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engender   to be the cause of ; to cause  
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brandish   to threaten  
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browbeat   to threaten  
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cow   to threaten  
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menace   to threaten  
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intimidate   to threaten  
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racketeer   to threaten  
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lily-livered   cowardly  
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craven   cowardly  
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dastard   coward  
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racketeer   to make money in illegal way ; threaten  
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profiteer   to make huge profits in times of need, shortage, etc  
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recur   to happen again  
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concur   to happen same time / agree  
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consent   agree  
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assent   to agree  
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flout   to oppose  
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flaunt   to show off  
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deprecate   to regard as not important; depreciate; disapprove  
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alleviate   to calm  
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assuage   to calm  
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appease   to calm  
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allay   to calm  
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lull   to calm ; a break/ rest during debate  
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compse   to calm  
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propitiate   to calm  
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palliate   to calm  
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salve   to calm  
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sooth   to calm  
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mollify   to calm  
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sedate   to calm  
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abate   to calm  
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pacify   to calm  
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tranquilize   to calm  
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placate   to calm  
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relent   to calm  
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mitigate   to calm  
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composure   calmness of mind  
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equanimity   calmness of mind  
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equanimous   calm; peaceful  
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halcyon   calm; quiet  
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serene   calm  
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pacific   quiet; peaceful  
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tranquil   calm  
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placid   calm  
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implacable   that cannot be calmed ; revengeful  
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propitiate   to calm the anger of  
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palliate   to make pain less  
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palliative   painkiller  
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to salve   to soothe  
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sedate   calm  
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sedation   calmness  
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sedative   medicine to calm  
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relent   to make less severe  
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mitigate   to make less severe  
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paregoric   painkiller  
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analgesic   painkiller  
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abate   to calm / to cancel a law  
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abrogate   to cancel  
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rescind   to cancel  
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revoke   to cancel  
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countermand   to cancel  
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abolish   to cancel  
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repeal   to cancel  
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