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show Lacking in flavor; Dull  
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show Fanatic; Person who shows excessive zeal  
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show Capricious; Fanciful  
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show Turmoil; Bewildering jumble  
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Wary (Adj)   show
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Warranted (Adj)   show
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Volatile (Adj)   show
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Vituperative (Adj)   show
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Viscous (Adj)   show
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show Practical or Workable; Capable of maintaining  
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Verbose (adj)   show
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Veracious (V)   show
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Vacillate (V)   show
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show Aggressiveness; ferocity  
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show Violation of a Law; Sin  
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Tractable (Adj)   show
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show Winding; full of curves  
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Torpor (N)   show
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Tirade (N)   show
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Tenuous (Adj)   show
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show Peripheral; only slightly connected; Digressing  
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Tacit (Adj)   show
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Supposition (N)   show
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show Cause to Beset aside; Replace; Make obsolete  
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show Establish by Evidence; Verify; support  
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show Settle down; descend; grow quite  
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subpoena (N)   show
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Strut (N)   show
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Striated (N)   show
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Stolid (Adj)   show
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show Make express conditions; specify  
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Stint (V)   show
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show Token of disgrace; Brand;  
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show Occurring irregularly  
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show Colored band produced when a bean of light passed through a prism  
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show Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)  
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Soporific (Adj)   show
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Solicitous (Adj)   show
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Skeptic (N)   show
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show Fragment; Generally of pottery  
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show Hide Away/ cache; produce and release a substance  
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Savor (V)   show
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show Satisfy fully  
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show approve; ratify  
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show Healthful  
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Sage (N)   show
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Reverent (Adj)   show
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Reticent (Adj)   show
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show Determination; Firmness of purpose  
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Resolution (N)   show
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Rescind (V)   show
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Repudiate (v)   show
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show Person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency  
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show express disapproval or disappointment  
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show Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign  
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show Disapprove  
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show stubborn; unmanageable  
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recondite (adj)   show
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show hermit; loner  
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recant (v)   show
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Recalcitrant (adj)   show
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rarefied (adj)   show
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show at rest; dormant; temporarily  
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show Minor objection or complaint  
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show limited; restricted  
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show stinging; sharp in taste or smell  
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proscribe (V)   show
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Propriety (N)   show
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show Appease; Conciliate; Make peaceful  
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Propensity (N)   show
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show grow rapidly; spread; multiply  
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Prohibitive (adj)   show
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Profound (adj)   show
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Problematic (adj)   show
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show Uprightness; incorruptibility; honesty  
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show Characteristic of earlier times; primitive unspoiled  
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show Lie; Hide the truth bu equivocating; beat around the bush; belie  
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show arrogant; taking liberties  
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show forerunner; predecessor  
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show rash; premature; hasty; sudden  
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precarious (adj)   show
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show introductory statement; preface; prelude  
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show practical (as opposed to idealistic) concerned with the practical worth or impact of something  
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Porous (adj)   show
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Plummet (v)   show
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show excess; overabundance  
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platitude (n)   show
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plasticity (n)   show
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show pacify; conciliate  
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show devoutness; reverence for god  
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show calm; not easily disturbed; unemotional  
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show spread throughout; universal; wide spread  
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perfunctory (adj)   show
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show Treacherous; disloyal  
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perennial (n)   show
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penury (n)   show
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penchant (n)   show
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show showing off learning; bookish; academic  
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paucity (n)   show
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pathological (adj)   show
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partisan (adj)   show
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paragon (n)   show
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show showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention  
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oscillate (v)   show
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show infamy; vilification (slander); disgrace arising from shameful conduct; shameful; infamous  
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show burdensome; difficult; arduous; not easily borne; taxing  
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officious (adj)   show
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occlude (adj)   show
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show make unnecessary; get rid of; avert; avoid eliminate; ward off  
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show slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic; boot-licking; fawning; toadyism  
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show stubborn; refusing to change one's belief  
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show recent convert; beginner; new member of a religious group; fledgling; freshman; newbie; newcomer; starter  
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show cancel out; nullify; deny; cause to have no effect; neutralize; belie  
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show worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; routine; unremarkable; workday  
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show ill-humored; sullen; melancholy  
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mollify(v)   show
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show lessen in intensity; moderate; appease; extenuate; palliate  
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Misanthrope (n)   show
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show excessively careful; painstaking  
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show change of form; ex: metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly  
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mendacious (adj)   show
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show rebel; nonconformist; irregular; unorthodox; someone exhibiting great independence; independent in behavior/ thought  
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malleable (adj)   show
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malingerer (n)   show
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magnanimity (n)   show
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luminous (adj)   show
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lucid (adj)   show
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loquacious (adj)   show
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show record of voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activity  
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show lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner; silliness; funniness; facetiousness  
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levee (n)   show
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show drowsy; dull; lazy; sluggishness  
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Laud (v)   show
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show potential but underdeveloped; dormant; hidden  
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lassitude (n)   show
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show brief and to the point; using few words; concise; expressing much in few words  
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show plan of trip; record of trip; a proposed route of travel; a guidebook for travelers  
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irresolute (adj)   show
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show irritable; easily angered; hot-tempered; hot-headed;  
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invective (n)   show
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show accustomed; hardened  
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inundate (v)   show
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intransigence (n)   show
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intractable (adj)   show
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show narrow-mindedness; isolation; detached  
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insinuate - v   show
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show unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible  
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show harmless  
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inherent - adj   show
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ingenuous - adj   show
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inert - adj   show
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show lazy  
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show poverty; a state of extreme poverty  
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show uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite; not clear; vague  
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show introduce into a larger whole; combine; unite; embody; form a corporation  
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inconsequential - adj   show
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show lack of harmony; absurdity; inappropriate; discrepancy; inconsistency; mismatch; difference;  
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inchoate - adj   show
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inadvertently - adv   show
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implode - v   show
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implicit - adj   show
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show incapable of being pacified merciless; cruel  
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impervious - adj   show
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show unshakably calm; placid;  
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show impervious; not permitting passage though it's substance; impossible to permeate  
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impede - v   show
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show without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; poker-faced; inexpressive; apathy; apathetic  
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impair - v   show
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show unchangeable; changeless; abiding; constant; fixed; immovable; inflexible  
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show worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion  
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show attacking cherished traditions; one who attacks traditional ideas  
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show exaggeration; overstatement; extravagant  
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homogeneous - adj   show
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harangue - n   show
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gullible - adj   show
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show without deceit; sincere; honest; straight forward; frank  
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gregarious - adj   show
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show pompous; bombastic; using high sounding language  
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Gouge - v   show
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show Urge on; cause to do something by continued annoyance; bully  
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garrulous - adj   show
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show deny; dispute or contradict; to speak or act against  
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show useless; hopeless; ineffectual; in-vain  
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show thrift; economy; carefulness; conservation  
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show prevent by taking action in advance; anticipate  
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Foment - v   show
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Flout - v   show
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fledgling - adj   show
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show droop; grow feeble; to sag; bend; hang down; as from weakness; exhaustion; lack of support; fail; lose spirit or courage; sink  
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show glowing ardor; intensity of feeling  
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Felicitous - adj   show
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show courting favor by cringing & flattering; attempting to win favor by flattery  
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fatuous - adj   show
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fallacious - adj   show
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facilitate - v   show
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facetious - adj   show
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show projection; conjecture; assumption; calculation of the value of a function; out side of the range  
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exigency - n   show
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exculpate - v   show
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exacerbate - v   show
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euphemism - n   show
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show expression of praise; often on the occasion of someone's death  
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show hard to understand; known only to chosen few; mysterious  
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show learned; scholarly; well-educated; cultured  
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show lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth  
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show calmness of temperament; composure; coolness  
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show short-lived; fleeting; momentary; passing  
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enhance - v   show
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engender - v   show
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enervate - v   show
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show prevailing among a specific group of people or in specific area or country; native; local; regional  
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show imitate; rival; try to excel; make like; compete  
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show based on experience; practical  
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embellish - v   show
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show draw out by discussion; delineate  
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show poem or song expressing lamentation; dirge  
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show shameless; boldness; barefaced; audacity  
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efficacy - n   show
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show selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources  
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show showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm  
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show someone easily fooled  
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show sleeping; lethargic; latent  
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show opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal; bullheaded  
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Document - v   show
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divest - v   show
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show vary; go in different direction from the same point; branch; branch off; depart; deviate; split  
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distill - v   show
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show expand; swell out; bulge;  
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show discord; unharmonious; cacophony  
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show disintegration; looseness in morals  
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disseminate - v   show
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show disguise; pretend; hide from natural  
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disparate - adj   show
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disparage - v   show
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dismiss - v   show
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show disconnected; lacking orderly continuity  
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disinterested - adj   show
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show not naive; sophisticated; wordy wise  
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show separate; unconnected; distinct  
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discrepancy - n   show
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discredit - v   show
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show not harmonious; conflicting  
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discerning - adj   show
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show correct a false impression; undeceive  
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dirge - n   show
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show wandering away from the subject  
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show wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas); verbose; disperse  
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Diffidence - n   show
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show split; branching into two parts  
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Diatribe - n   show
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Deterrent - n   show
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show aimless; haphazard; digressing at random  
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show Dry up; lose water/ moisture; dehydrated  
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show Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art  
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Derivative   show
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Deride - v   show
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Contempt   show
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show Blacken; defame; slander; malign  
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Delineate - v   show
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show Courteous regard for another's wish; Respect  
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Default   show
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Decorum   show
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show Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten  
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show Cowardly; Fearful  
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Convoluted - adj   show
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Converge   show
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Conundrum - n   show
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show Quarrelsome; Controversial; Likely to cause arguments  
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show Claim; Thesis; Struggling; Competition; Assertion  
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Confound - v   show
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Condone   show
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Conciliatory - adj   show
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show Yielding; conforming to requirements  
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show Trying to Please; Obliging; willing to please others  
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show Brief; Comprehensive summary  
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show Equal in extent; of the same size  
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Cogent   show
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Coda   show
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Coagulate   show
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show Trickery; Deception  
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show Burning; Sarcastically biting  
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show Agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected & unchanged  
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show Punishment; Severe criticism; Sensitive even to mild criticism  
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show Unpredictable; Fickle  
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Cacophonous   show
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Buttress   show
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Burnish   show
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show Grow forth; send out buds  
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Boorish   show
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show Pompous; using inflated language; Puffer up with conceit; big-talking  
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Bolster   show
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Beneficent - adj   show
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Belie   show
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Banal   show
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show State confidently; Affirm; say; verify  
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Autonomous   show
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Austere   show
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Audacious   show
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Attenuate   show
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Assuage   show
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Assiduous   show
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show Practicing self-denial; Austere; avoiding physical pleasure & comforts  
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show without guile; open & honest  
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Arduous   show
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Appropriate   show
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Approbation   show
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Apprise   show
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show Pacify soothe; relieve; gentle; placate  
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Apathy   show
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show Aversion; Dislike  
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Anomalous   show
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Anarchy   show
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show Comparable; Similar; Correspondent  
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Anachronism   show
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show Improve; Get Better  
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Ambivalence   show
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show Combine; Unite in one body  
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show Relieve; Ease; Facilitate  
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show Cheerful promptness; eagerness smartness  
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Aggregate   show
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show Artistic; Beautiful  
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Adulterate   show
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Admonish   show
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Abstemious   show
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Abscond   show
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show Temporary suspensions  
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show Different; abnormal; deviant  
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Abate   show
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show Wasteful; Reckless with money; profuse  
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show Penitent; Repentant  
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