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show A tedious recital or repetitive series  
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Ostentatious   show
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Vehement   show
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Lament   show
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Contentious   show
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show Out of place; incompatible  
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show Unlawful, not legally permitted; forbidden by laws, rule, or custom  
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show Intense and passionate feeling  
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Crass   show
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show Devotion to God or to religious practices  
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Bellicose   show
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show Written or spoken communication or debate  
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show Alternate or waiver between opinions or actions; be indecisive  
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show Very great or intense  
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show Surface level  
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Strident   show
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show Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque  
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Sublime   show
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Reprieve   show
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show Approval or praise  
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Fervent   show
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show Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty  
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Vexation   show
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Rumination   show
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Aloof   show
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Elegiac   show
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Obdurate   show
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show Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others  
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show A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining  
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show Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense  
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Profiligate   show
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Vitiate   show
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Trepidation   show
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show A disease or ailment  
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Corpulent   show
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Derisive   show
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Penitent   show
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Inundate   show
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Secular   show
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show Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement  
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Defray   show
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Interloper   show
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Fatuous   show
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Patronizing   show
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show Very angry; enraged.  
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Accede   show
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show Straying from the proper course or standards.  
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Phlegmatic   show
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show Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.  
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show Cheerful and lighthearted  
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show Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation  
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show Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others  
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Lassitude   show
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show Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters  
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show (of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate  
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show Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy  
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Chasten   show
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show Having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body  
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Enumerate   show
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Sordid   show
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Etymology   show
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show accept something reluctantly but without protest  
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Idiosyncratic   show
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show an excessive amount of something  
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show deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.  
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show provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction  
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Languor   show
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show a stereotype or concept obtained by inference from specific cases  
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show the action or process of distributing something.  
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Redundant   show
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show using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor  
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Ruminate   show
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show warn or reprimand someone firmly  
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show a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features  
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Jovial   show
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Invocation   show
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Sanctity   show
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Opulence   show
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show anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment  
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Virtue   show
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Beget   show
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show persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery  
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show existing in a material or physical form; not abstract  
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Indulgence   show
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show the manner in which one conducts oneself  
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Sanctioned   show
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show to support with evidence or authority  
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Consonance   show
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show in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence )  
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show the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body  
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show (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza  
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show emptied of or lacking content  
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Assertion   show
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show a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause  
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Nonchalant   show
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Copious   show
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Scrupulous   show
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show beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience  
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show humble submission and respect  
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