Linguistics 139-144
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| not abriged; not made shorter; uncut; complete | unabridged
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| not biased; no prejudiced in favor of or against; fair | unbiased
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| lack of concern, anxiety, or interest; indifference; apathy | unconcern
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| free from deception or mistaken ideas; set straight; disabuse | undeceive
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| remove a gag from; release from censorship | ungag
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| deprive of nerve or courage; cause to lose self-control; upset; enervate | unnerve
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| not quenchable; not capable of being satisfied; insatiable; inextinguishable | unquenchable
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| do the opposite of scramble; restore to intelligible form | unscramble
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| release from a shackle (anything that confines the legs or arms); set free; liberate | unshackle
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| not wary; not alert; heedless; rash | unwary
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| shrubs, bushes, etc., growing beneath large trees in a wood; undergrowth | underbrush
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| insufficiently developed because of a lack of capital and trained personnel for exploiting natural resources; backward; beforehand | underdeveloped
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| (literally "lower than a graduate") a student in a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor's degree | undergraduate
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| insufficient payment | underpayment
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| insufficiently privileged; deprived through social or economic oppression of some fundamental rights supposed to belong to all; disadvantaged; deprived | underprivileged
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| draw a line beneath; emphasized; stress | underscore
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| sell at a lower price than | undersell
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| person or persons who sign at the end of (literally, "under") a letter or document | undersigned
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| a statement below the truth; a restrained statement in mocking contrast to what is being said | understatement
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| one who "studies under: and learns the part of a regular preformer so as to be a substitute in necessary | understudy
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| coming up; being in the near future; forthcoming; approaching | upcoming
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| bring up to date; modernize; improve | update
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| raise the grade or quality of; improve | upgrade
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| violent heaving up; as of the earth's crust; commotion; violent disturbance; outcry | upheaval
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| maintenance (keeping up); cost of operating and repairing | upkeep
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| lift up; elevate; raise | uplift
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| standing up straight on the feet; erect; honest; scrupulous | upright
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| pull up by the roots; remove completely; eradicate; annihilate | uproot
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| person who has suddenly risen to wealth and power, especially if he or she is conceited and unpleasant | upstart
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| upward turn toward better conditions | upturn
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| 1) take or draw back or away; take out from a place of deposit; 2) leave; retreat | withdraw
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| 1) act of taking back or drawing out from a place of deposit; 2) retreat; exit; departure | withdrawal
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| drawn back or removed from easy approach; socially detached; unresponsive; introverted | withdrawn
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| hold back; keep from giving; restrain; curb | withhold
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| sum withheld or deducted from wages for tax purposes | withholding
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| stand up against; hold out; resist; endure | withstand
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| (literally, "not standing against") in spite of; despite | notwithstanding
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