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novdec

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facade   the face or front of a building, a false front  
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facade   a false or misleading appearance  
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reduce   to make smaller in size, amount, or number (synonyms: decrease,dilute)  
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inflame   to set on fire  
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inflame   to make angry or aggravate (synonyms:annoy, aggravate, agitate, provoke)  
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inflame   to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement  
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inflame   to cause inflammation in bodily tissue  
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skimpy   barely enough (synonym: scant, meager) Use this word when there is just enough with little left over  
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synonym for skimpy   scanty  
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grace   approval, favor, or honor  
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grace   help from God in overcoming temptation  
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grace   short prayer at meals  
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grace   beauty or ease of movement  
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grace   used as a title for royalty  
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fluster (verb form)   to make nervous and upset (synonym: agitate, perplex)  
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fluster (noun form)   the state of agitation, confusion, excitement (Antonym: calm)  
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scant   less than the correct or full amount (synonyms:insufficient, meager, skimpy)  
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synonymn for scanty   skimpy  
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gist   the real meaning (synonyms: crux, pith, core) Example: The gist of Al Gore's movie is that we need to do something about global warming now.  
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enlighten   to give knowledge or understanding to (synonym: explain) Antonym: perplex  
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enlighten   instruct (synonym: teach)  
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inept   not suited for the occassion  
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inept   inappropriate or out of place (example: an inept remark)  
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inept   lacking in skill or ability to complete a particular task (synonym: clumsy, ungainly, incompetent) Antony: graceful  
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dexterity   skill, grace, and ease, especially when using the hands (synonyms: agility, adroitness)  
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agitate   to stir up, to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action (example the hurricane winds agitated the seas) synonyms: churn  
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agitate   to stir up or disturb  
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pithy   being short and to the point  
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pith   the important or essential part (example: the pith of the matter) synonyms: core, crux, gist,  
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deception   misleading, the act of deceiving, a trick, not true (Antonyms: candid, honest)  
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deception   something that tricks  
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gallivant   to travel or roam about for PLEASURE (synonyms: rove, roam, straggle)  
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fidgety   showing restlessness with nervous movements (synonyms: jittery, jumpy, agitated) Hint: use this when describing nervous movements  
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hypocrite   a person who pretends to have virtues or qualities that he or she does not have (synonym: pretender) This person is deceptive  
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hypocrite   a person whose actions contradict their stated beliefs or feelings (synonym: defector, trickster)  
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rove   to roam about without a purpose or plan  
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rove   to go from place to place without a plan  
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aimless   lacking a purpose or a goal  
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prophet   one who declares publicly a message that one believes has come from God  
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prophet   one who foretells future events  
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dilute   to make thinner or more liquid by adding or mixing something in  
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dilute   lacking normal strength (like a drink, tea) synonym: reduce  
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predictable   to tell or describe ahead of time  
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core   the central or most important part  
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core   the usually inedible central part of some fruits  
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core   when used as a verb this means to remove a core from. Anna __________d the apple before eating it.  
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flustrated   synonym for agitated  
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pith   soft center of the stem of most flowering plants  
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pith   center, core, or most important part  
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perplex   to confuse  
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agitation   the feeling of being agitated (synonym for flustration)  
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inflammation   body tissue swelling  
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dilution   synonym for reduction  
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prophecy   synonym for prediction  
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prediction   synonym for prophecy  
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predict   foretell  
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prophet   synonym for predictor  
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synonyn for dilute   reduce  
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synonym for reduce when talking about liquids   dilute  
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