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| prudence | show 🗑
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| show | Dilemma; predicament
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| show | Isolation of a person or persons to prevent the spread of disease
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| solace | show 🗑
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| show | A mark or token of disgrace or shame
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| show | Long, agressive speech; usually given in an attacking manner
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| veracity | show 🗑
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| visage | show 🗑
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| viscosity | show 🗑
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| show | Noisy; clamorous
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| show | Modern fashion
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| show | A humorous or merry person
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| show | A person who stirs up war
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| warrant | show 🗑
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| show | One who is recklessly wasteful, especially with money
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| show | Confused mass; a jumble
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| wont | show 🗑
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| xenophobia | show 🗑
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| yarn | show 🗑
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| show | A former period of time
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| show | Strong devotion toward advancing a goal or cause; passion
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| zealot | show 🗑
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| show | The spirit of a specific time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
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| show | point directly overhead in the sky; summit, peak
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| show | Gentle breeze; west wind
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| boor | show 🗑
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| show | A fool or a clown
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| show | Something used as a defense
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| cache | show 🗑
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| show | Harsh, jarring, discordant noise; dissonance
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| show | Something that brings about a change in something else
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| show | The release of emotional tension after an overwhelming experience
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| show | An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism
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| chauvinist | show 🗑
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| show | deception by means of trickery or guile
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| clemency | show 🗑
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| show | An exclusive group
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| connoisseur | show 🗑
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| show | Coward; despicably fearful person
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| crescendo | show 🗑
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| show | Standard for judging
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| show | Greed; excessive desire
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| deference | show 🗑
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| show | Moral corruption or degradation
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| show | Warm praise; commendation
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| guffaw | show 🗑
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| show | Ungratefulness
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| jingoism | show 🗑
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| show | Critical point; meeting
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| neophyte | show 🗑
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| show | correct or appropriate behavior; obedience to rules
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| prudence | show 🗑
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| show | Dilemma; predicament
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| solace | show 🗑
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| show | A mark or token of disgrace or shame
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| show | Long, agressive speech; usually given in an attacking manner
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| show | A state of mental or physical inactivity; lethargy
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| utopia | show 🗑
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| veneer | show 🗑
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| veracity | show 🗑
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| visage | show 🗑
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| viscosity | show 🗑
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| vociferous | show 🗑
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| show | Modern fashion
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| show | A humorous or merry person
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| warmonger | show 🗑
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| show | Authorization given by a superior
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| wastrel | show 🗑
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| welter | show 🗑
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| show | A customary practice, habit
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| show | The fear of foreigners
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| show | A long, elaborate, entertaining tale; fiber for knitting
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| yore | show 🗑
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| show | Strong devotion toward advancing a goal or cause; passion
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| show | Fanatic; person who shows excessive enthusiasm
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| show | The spirit of a specific time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
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| show | point directly overhead in the sky; summit, peak
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| zephyr | show 🗑
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| aberrant | show 🗑
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| show | extremely wretched; bottomless
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| adroit | show 🗑
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| aesthetic | show 🗑
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| show | false, artificial
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| altruistic | show 🗑
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| show | Doubtful, uncertain, open to more than one interpretation
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| anachronistic | show 🗑
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| show | Similar or alike in some way; equivalent
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| anomalous | show 🗑
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| show | Of questionable authenticity or authority
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| show | Relevant; suitable; apt
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| show | Land suitable for plowing
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| arbitrary | show 🗑
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| show | Characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization
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| show | Difficult to do; laborious
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| show | Very dry; boring and meaningless
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| articulate | show 🗑
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| audacious | show 🗑
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| show | Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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| authoritarian | show 🗑
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| authoritative | show 🗑
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| show | Unoriginal; commonplace; predictable; trite
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| baroque | show 🗑
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| show | Desolate; Not capable of producing offspring; Lacking liveliness
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| belligerent | show 🗑
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| show | Characterized by doing good; concerned with the benefit of some charity
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| show | Harmless; kind; gentle
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| show | Carefree; lack of concern; light hearted
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| show | Counterfeit or fake; not genuine, phony
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| show | Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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| bombastic | show 🗑
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| bracing | show 🗑
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| callous | show 🗑
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| callow | show 🗑
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| candid | show 🗑
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| candor | show 🗑
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| capricious | show 🗑
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| show | Lasting for a long period of time
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| circumspect | show 🗑
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| show | appealing to intellect or reason; convincing
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| coherent | show 🗑
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| show | conversational, used in informal speech
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| show | Spacious and convienent; roomy
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| show | In agreement with; harmonious
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| convoluted | show 🗑
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| copious | show 🗑
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| credulous | show 🗑
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| cursory | show 🗑
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| dearth | show 🗑
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| show | Skillfil
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| show | Manageable; obedient; teachable
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| show | Odd; peculiar; strange
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| show | An imitation or a fake, usually inferior; artificial
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| generic | show 🗑
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| malleable | show 🗑
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| nascent | show 🗑
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| pedestrian | show 🗑
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| peripheral | show 🗑
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| petty | show 🗑
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| show | Pure or uncorrupted, fresh and clean
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| prodigal | show 🗑
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| show | Sharp, stinging or strong; (often of taste or smell)
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| quiescent | show 🗑
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| show | Not easily understood; ambiguous
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| redundant | show 🗑
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| show | Silent, reluctant, reserved, to keep to oneself
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| salient | show 🗑
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| show | Having a saw-toothed edge
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| show | Causing sleep or tiredness
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| specious | show 🗑
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| show | Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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| show | Majestic, noble, grand, inspiring awe
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| show | Wooded; Characteristic of a forest
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| tacit | show 🗑
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| taciturn | show 🗑
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| show | Stretched tightly
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| tedious | show 🗑
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| thrifty | show 🗑
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| show | Lasting a short time; temporary
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| ubiquitous | show 🗑
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| unprecedented | show 🗑
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| show | Boastful, pompous
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| veracious | show 🗑
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| show | Wordy
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| verdant | show 🗑
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| vicarious | show 🗑
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| virulent | show 🗑
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| show | Sticky; gluey
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| show | Essential for continued existence; relating to life
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| show | Corrosive; caustic; bitterly scathing
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| show | Lively, cheerful; high spirited
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| volatile | show 🗑
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| show | Ready flow of speech; fluent
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| show | Full of odd ideas; Erratic or sudden behavior, unpredictable
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| wizened | show 🗑
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| zaftig | show 🗑
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| abash | show 🗑
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| abate | show 🗑
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| abbreviate | show 🗑
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| abdicate | show 🗑
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| abjure | show 🗑
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| abrade | show 🗑
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| abridge | show 🗑
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| show | To nullify, to abolish
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| show | to make a secret departure, to elope
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| absolve | show 🗑
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| abstain | show 🗑
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| accede | show 🗑
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| show | To comply passively; to give in
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| show | To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients
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| advocate | show 🗑
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| show | To increase in power or reputation; to make larger or greater
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| alleviate | show 🗑
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| show | to apportion for a specific purpose, to distribute
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| show | To refer indirectly to something
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| amalgamate | show 🗑
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| ameliorate | show 🗑
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| show | To make larger, exaggerate or increase
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| antagonize | show 🗑
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| show | To judge or settle a dispute
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| show | To attack physically or verbally; assault
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| show | To absorb into the mind or culture; cause to resemble
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| show | To make something harsh less severe; pacify, calm, relieve
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| show | Reduce in force, amount or degree; weaken
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| show | To increase or add to; to make larger
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| show | To inflict a punishment on behalf of another
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| aver | show 🗑
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| show | To acknowledge openly and boldly; confess
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| show | To envy anothers possessions
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| berate | show 🗑
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| show | To become pale in color
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| show | To hesitate in fear or doubt; To become overwhelmed in astonishment
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| show | Ruin through clumsiness; bungle
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| show | To bring up a subject for debate
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| burgeon | show 🗑
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| burnish | show 🗑
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| cajole | show 🗑
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| show | To surrender under specific conditions, come to terms
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| show | To criticize or punish severely
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| chastise | show 🗑
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| coalesce | show 🗑
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| show | To overlook, forgive or disregard without protest
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| consecrate | show 🗑
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| convey | show 🗑
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| show | To support or strengthen with evidence
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| delineate | show 🗑
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| show | To deceive; to have false illusions
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| disentangle | show 🗑
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| engender | show 🗑
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| show | To soften by soaking or steeping in a liquid
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| malinger | show 🗑
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| show | To go aimlessly
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| show | To appease or pacify
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| prevaricate | show 🗑
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| propitiate | show 🗑
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| show | to make thinner or less dense
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| relegate | show 🗑
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| show | To reject the authority or validity of
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| show | to satisfy fully
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| show | To stir up and feed fuel to (very often to a fire)
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| show | To give in; to yeild
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| show | To take place; to come about
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| show | To shorten by cutting
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| show | To sway physically (oscillate) or indecisively (hesitate) from one side to another.
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| vaunt | show 🗑
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| waffle | show 🗑
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| show | To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water
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| show | To fluctuate between choices; to show indecision.
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| show | To gradually detach from a strong habit
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| show | To proceed or go along
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| show | An involuntary movement or startled gesture; flinch
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