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abaft | show 🗑
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show | v. to reject, denounce, or abandon
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abjure | show 🗑
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abnegation | show 🗑
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abscond | show 🗑
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abstemious | show 🗑
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show | adj. bottomless, extraordinarily bad
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show | n. harshness or bitterness
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acrimony | show 🗑
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show | adj. confused
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show | v. to entreat earnestly and solemnly
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adulation | show 🗑
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adulterate | show 🗑
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show | adj. relating to land and the equal divisions of land
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alchemy | show 🗑
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show | n. symbolic narration or description
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show | n. representation of something existing at other than its proper time
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show | v. to reduce to nothing
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show | adj. pertaining to revelation or prophecy
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arrogate | show 🗑
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show | n. skill, ingenuity, craft, deception, trickery
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askance | show 🗑
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show | n. the determination of any quantity of metal in an ore or alloy
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attenuate | show 🗑
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show | n. inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth
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batten | show 🗑
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show | adj. obliged; indebted
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show | adj. warlike; disposed to quarrel or fight
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show | v. to soil or discolor
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bestial | show 🗑
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betroth | show 🗑
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blighted | show 🗑
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show | v. to foreshadow something
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boorish | show 🗑
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brindled | show 🗑
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broach | show 🗑
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bucolic | show 🗑
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show | v. to imitate comically
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cadaver | show 🗑
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show | n. the diameter of a bullet or shell, quality
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show | adj. immature
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show | n. false and malicious accusation, misinterpretation, slander
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show | n. a false statement or rumor
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candid | show 🗑
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show | adj. disposed to find fault
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show | n. slaughter
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carte blanche | show 🗑
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show | v. to chastise
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cataclysm | show 🗑
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catharsis | show 🗑
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cavil | show 🗑
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show | adj. unmarried, single and chaste
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cessation | show 🗑
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chafe | show 🗑
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chaffing | show 🗑
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chaste | show 🗑
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choleric | show 🗑
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circumvent | show 🗑
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clandestine | show 🗑
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cogent | show 🗑
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cohort | show 🗑
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collusion | show 🗑
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comport | show 🗑
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conclave | show 🗑
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show | v. passive cooperation
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show | n. a companion, v. to be in harmony or agreement
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show | v. to go against, to oppose
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show | n. a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken
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show | adj. abundant; in great quantities
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show | n. a binding and solemn agreement
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coy | show 🗑
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crass | show 🗑
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show | adj. hasty, slight
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dally | show 🗑
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show | adj. fearless, not discouraged
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show | adj. having an affable manner, courteous, suave, urbane
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decadence | show 🗑
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deciduous | show 🗑
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show | v. to denounce or condemn openly
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defunct | show 🗑
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deliquesce | show 🗑
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show | n. act or process of deception
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deposition | show 🗑
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desultory | show 🗑
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show | adj. having or showing skill of hands, body or mind
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show | n. lack of self confidence; distrust
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show | n. falling to pieces or into disrepair
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dilettante | show 🗑
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show | n. a blow; a stroke
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disarray | show 🗑
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show | v. to make known
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dormant | show 🗑
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doting | show 🗑
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doughty | show 🗑
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dregs | show 🗑
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ecclesiastic | show 🗑
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show | v. to build or establish; to instruct and improve the mind
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efface | show 🗑
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show | n. impudence; assurance
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show | adj. pouring out or forth; overflowing
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show | adj. remarkably bad, outrageous
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show | v. to depart; to go out
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elegy | show 🗑
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show | v. to make clear or manifest; to explain
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emanate | show 🗑
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embellish | show 🗑
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show | adj. filled with love and desire
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encroach | show 🗑
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show | v. to hold back; to hinder
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endue | show 🗑
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show | v. to fill with pleasure
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show | n. closing section of a play or novel providing further comment.
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epiphany | show 🗑
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show | n. an inscription on a monument, in honor or memory of a dead person
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epitome | show 🗑
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show | n. precise time when the day and night everywhere is of equal length
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equivocate | show 🗑
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eschew | show 🗑
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show | adj. kept at a distance; alienated
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ethereal | show 🗑
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euphemism | show 🗑
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euphoria | show 🗑
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exhume | show 🗑
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expunge | show 🗑
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exude | show 🗑
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show | n. a number of people in an organization having a common end view
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fallible | show 🗑
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fathom | show 🗑
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show | adj. silly; inane; unreal
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fealty | show 🗑
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show | v. to invent or imagine
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ferment | show 🗑
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fervid | show 🗑
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fester | show 🗑
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fetish | show 🗑
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show | n. faithfulness; honesty
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show | n. a dividing or breaking into parts
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flaccid | show 🗑
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flamboyant | show 🗑
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foible | show 🗑
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foist | show 🗑
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show | v. to raid for spoils, plunder
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show | ADJ. PERTAINING TO LEGAL OR PUBLIC ARGUMENT
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show | n. firm courage; strength
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fractious | show 🗑
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fraught | show 🗑
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show | adj. not willing to yield or comply with what is reasonable
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show | v. to explode with sudden violence, to issue thunderous verbal attack or denunciation
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show | v. to stimulate as if by electric shock; startle; excite
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show | n. a complete range; any complete musical scale
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show | adj. gaudy; showy
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gauche | show 🗑
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gauntlet | show 🗑
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show | adj. closely related; pertinent
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glib | show 🗑
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show | adj. full of knots
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show | n. a greedy or ravenous eater; glutton
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gregarious | show 🗑
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gristly | show 🗑
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guffaw | show 🗑
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guise | show 🗑
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halcyon | show 🗑
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hapless | show 🗑
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harangue | show 🗑
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show | n. one who holds opinion contrary to that which is generally accepted
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hiatus | show 🗑
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hoary | show 🗑
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homily | show 🗑
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hybrid | show 🗑
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idiosyncrasy | show 🗑
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igneous | show 🗑
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ignominious | show 🗑
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show | adj. perfectly clean; perfectly correct; pure
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imminent | show 🗑
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show | n. a situation that has no solution or escape
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show | adj. without regret, shame or remorse
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show | n. irreverence toward God; lack of respect
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show | adj. unwise; imprudent
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show | v. to pray for evil; to invoke a curse
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show | n. attribution
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show | v. to imprison or confine
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incommodious | show 🗑
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show | adj. not consisting of matter
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show | adj. not capable of correction or improvement
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incubate | show 🗑
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show | v. to impress upon the mind by frequent repetition or urging
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show | v. to protect against or keep free from loss
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indigenous | show 🗑
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show | adj. not easily discouraged or defeated
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show | adv. unquestionably; surely
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show | adj. unfriendly; adverse
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show | adj. unjust; wicked
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show | adj. not regulated; excessive
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show | adj. fearless; brave
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inured | show 🗑
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show | adj. easily provoked or inflamed to anger
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irreparable | show 🗑
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jettison | show 🗑
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jocund | show 🗑
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show | v. to tear or mangle, to wound or hurt
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show | adj. giving off a soft radiance
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show | n. a state or feeling of being tired or weak
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lewd | show 🗑
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libertine | show 🗑
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show | adj. disregarding accepted rules and standards
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lithe | show 🗑
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show | adj. talkative
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lucent | show 🗑
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show | adj. mournful; very sad
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lurid | show 🗑
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magnate | show 🗑
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malefactor | show 🗑
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malign | show 🗑
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marauder | show 🗑
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show | adj. foolishly and tearfully sentimental
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mendacious | show 🗑
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mercurial | show 🗑
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show | adj. alluring by false, showy charms; fleshy
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show | n. high quality of character
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show | n. manner; external appearance
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show | n. hatred of mankind
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mite | show 🗑
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modulate | show 🗑
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mollify | show 🗑
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moot | show 🗑
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show | adj. biting, cutting, or caustic
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mutinous | show 🗑
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nefarious | show 🗑
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nemesis | show 🗑
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nexus | show 🗑
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nostrum | show 🗑
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noxious | show 🗑
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show | adj. trifling; futile; insignificant
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show | n. a gesture of respect or reverence
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show | v. to darken; to confuse
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objurgate | show 🗑
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show | n. verbal abuse of a person or thing
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show | v. to thrust forward; to eject
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odious | show 🗑
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show | n form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a small exclusive group
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opalescent | show 🗑
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opprobrious | show 🗑
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show | adj. large and ornate, like a palace
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show | n. a word, verse or sentence that is the same when read backward or forward
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show | adj. worthless; trifling
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pandemonium | show 🗑
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parapet | show 🗑
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pariah | show 🗑
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show | n. state of being the same in power, value or rank
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show | v. to speak with another; to discourse
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parry | show 🗑
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show | adj. miserly; stingy
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paucity | show 🗑
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peculate | show 🗑
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show | adj. relating to money
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show | adj. transparent
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penury | show 🗑
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perdition | show 🗑
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peremptory | show 🗑
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show | adj. violating good faith or vows
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perquisite | show 🗑
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show | v. to read carefully and thoroughly
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pied | show 🗑
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pinioned | show 🗑
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platonic | show 🗑
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show | adj. full; entire; complete
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plethora | show 🗑
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pommel | show 🗑
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portend | show 🗑
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potable | show 🗑
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prate | show 🗑
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precept | show 🗑
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show | adj. developed or matured earlier than usual
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prefatory | show 🗑
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preponderate | show 🗑
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prerogative | show 🗑
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show | v. to evade the truth
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show | n. a forecast, especially in medicine
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show | adj. fruitful
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show | v. to reproduce or multiply
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show | v. to win the good will of
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show | n. an original draft or record of a document
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show | adj. prudent; economical
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show | n. conditional stipulation to an agreement
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pseudonym | show 🗑
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show | adj. childish; immature
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show | v. to steal
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show | n. the range of control, activity or understanding
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quaff | show 🗑
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show | n. a difficult position, as if on shaky ground
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show | n. sudden feeling of uneasiness or doubt
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show | n. . the ultimate substance; the pure essence of anything
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quixotic | show 🗑
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show | adj. odd, comical, suggesting puzzlement; questioning
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show | n. the arrangement of branches; consequence
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show | adj. violent or uncontrollable action
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rancor | show 🗑
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show | v. to scrape or shave off
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show | adj. refusing to obey authority
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recidivism | show 🗑
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recumbent | show 🗑
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show | adj. disobedient of authority
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redolent | show 🗑
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reminiscence | show 🗑
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remonstrate | show 🗑
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show | n. a performance or interpretation
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repertoire | show 🗑
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show | v. to reprimand; to find fault with
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show | v. to give temporary relief
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show | adj. resounding; re-echoing
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show | adj. dazzling; splendid
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resurgent | show 🗑
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show | v. to be abusive in speech
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show | adj. able or inclined to laugh
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show | adj. bright, cheerful, or optimistic
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show | n. a fixed, mechanical way of doing something
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show | n. condition of being rounded out or plump
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rudimentary | show 🗑
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ruminate | show 🗑
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salutary | show 🗑
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show | adj. having a pleasant taste
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show | adj. bitterly ironic
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savant | show 🗑
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show | n. a division in an organized group
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scourge | show 🗑
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scurrilous | show 🗑
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sedentary | show 🗑
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serendipity | show 🗑
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show | n. a great quantity
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sloth | show 🗑
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show | adv. careless in habits, behavior; untidy
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show | adj. filthy; foul
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specious | show 🗑
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spelunker | show 🗑
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splenetic | show 🗑
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show | adj. sober; sedate
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show | v. to stop or check the flow of blood
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stigmatize | show 🗑
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stoic | show 🗑
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stolid | show 🗑
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show | adj. marked with fine parallel lines
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show | adj. creaking; harsh; grating
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show | n. to hinder or obstruct; golf - opponent's ball lies in a direct line between the player's ball and the hole
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succor | show 🗑
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show | adj. involving great expense
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show | adj. various; misc; separate; distinct
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show | v. to take the place of
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show | adj. asking earnestly and submissively
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show | v. to feed or supply in excess
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swathe | show 🗑
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tawdry | show 🗑
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show | v. to be stocked to overflowing, to pour out, to empty
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tenet | show 🗑
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termagant | show 🗑
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show | adj. pertaining to the earth
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show | n. the range or limit of one's abilities
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show | n. a slave
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throe | show 🗑
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timorous | show 🗑
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show | adj. pertaining to or involving excruciating pain
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show | v. to exhibit; to slander
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show | v. to transform
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show | v. to harass; to torment
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trenchant | show 🗑
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show | n. the seat of judge
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show | n. belief; faith; fidelity
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show | adj. think, dense, confused, perplexed
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tutelage | show 🗑
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umbrage | show 🗑
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show | adj. uncultured; crude
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show | adj. genuine; real; sincere
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show | adj. incredible
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uxoricide | show 🗑
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show | n. an odd action or idea; a wandering
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vantage | show 🗑
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show | v. to brag or boast
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venal | show 🗑
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show | n. a thin surface layer
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show | n. wordiness
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show | n. truthfulness
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vertigo | show 🗑
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show | n. a trace of something that no longer exists
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vicarious | show 🗑
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show | n. changes or variation occurring irregularly in the course of something
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show | n. watchfulness
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visage | show 🗑
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vitriolic | show 🗑
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vociferous | show 🗑
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show | n. the act of willing
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voracious | show 🗑
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vouchsafe | show 🗑
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wan | show 🗑
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wily | show 🗑
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wizened | show 🗑
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show | v. to give vent or free play
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show | v. to turn or twist; usurp; to distort or change the meaning of
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abash | show 🗑
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abate | show 🗑
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aberration | show 🗑
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show | to adi; act as accomplice
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show | to condense, shorten
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show | to express approval; agree to
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show | growth in size or increase in amount
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show | to accumulate, grow by additions
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show | cheerful readiness, promptness in response
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show | to make better, improve
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show | outdated
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show | ban, curse; something shunned or disliked
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show | accessory; subordinate; helping
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show | prehistoric, ancient beyond measure
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show | dislike,hostility; extreme opposition or aversion
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show | old saying or short, pithy statement
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apocryphal | show 🗑
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apostate | show 🗑
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show | suitable for cultivation
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archipelago | show 🗑
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show | self-denying, abstinent, austere
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show | false rumor, damaging report, slander
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assiduous | show 🗑
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assonance | show 🗑
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augury | show 🗑
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auspicious | show 🗑
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blandish | show 🗑
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show | joyful, cheerful or without appropriate thought
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bovine | show 🗑
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contumacious | show 🗑
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show | sinsolently abusive and himiliating
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show | obesity, fatness, bulkiness
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show | a short heavy club
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deleterious | show 🗑
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show | tyrannical leader
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diaphanous | show 🗑
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diatribe | show 🗑
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show | momentary, transient, fleeting
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show | relating to horses
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show | to bleach and alter the natural development of a green plant by excluding sunlight
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show | to clear of blame or fault, vindicate
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exigent | show 🗑
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show | to censor
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facile | show 🗑
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fathom (v) | show 🗑
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feckless | show 🗑
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fecund | show 🗑
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show | of, relating to or living in a stream or river
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hegemony | show 🗑
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show | opposed to an established religious orthodoxy
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iconoclast | show 🗑
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show | unchangeable, invariable
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show | poor, having no money
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imprecation | show 🗑
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show | unquestionable, beyond dispute
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insipid | show 🗑
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show | uncompromising, refusing to e reconciled
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invidious | show 🗑
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inveterate | show 🗑
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show | belligerent support of one's country
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show | relating to motion, movement
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lachrymose | show 🗑
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show | clumsy, tactless
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show | beggar
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show | near sighted
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nascent | show 🗑
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show | stinking, putrid
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show | stubborn
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obsequious | show 🗑
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obviate | show 🗑
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show | overly helpful, meddlesome
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show | scientist who studies birds
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show | to make less serious, ease
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show | elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise
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show | calm in termperament; sluggish
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polymath | show 🗑
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primordial | show 🗑
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show | wasteful, extravagant, lavish
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show | originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line
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salubrious | show 🗑
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scimitar | show 🗑
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seminal | show 🗑
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show | angelic, pure, sublime
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sinecure | show 🗑
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sojourn | show 🗑
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show | thoroughly soaked; saturated
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show | sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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subterfuge | show 🗑
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show | person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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taciturn | show 🗑
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tome | show 🗑
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torpid | show 🗑
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truncheon | show 🗑
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turpitude | show 🗑
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unctuous | show 🗑
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show | practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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show | of, relating to or characteristic of a wife
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xenophobia | show 🗑
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show | gentle breeze
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