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Definition
abated   show
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show noun: a deviation  
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show noun: the condition of being temporally suspended  
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show verb: to give up or abstain from, often under oath  
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show verb: to wear down  
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show verb: to do away with  
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show verb: to sneak off and hide away  
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show adjective: to eat or drink moderately  
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show noun: the act of increasing in growth or size  
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acrimonious   show
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acquisitiveness   show
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show verb: to scold  
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adroit   show
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aesthete   show
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show noun: the quality of being friendly  
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aggrandized   show
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show verb: to feel sick  
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show verb: to mix or combine  
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show adjective: indifferent or having mixed feelings  
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show noun: the act of making better or improving  
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show adjective: obedient and responsive to authority  
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anodized   show
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show noun: something unusual or differing from the norm  
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antiquated   show
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apathy   show
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arabesque   show
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show adjective: relating to trees  
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ardor   show
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ascribe   show
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show noun: condition of being rough or harsh  
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show verb: to relieve  
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atonement   show
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show adjective: bold and daring  
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austere   show
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avarice   show
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show verb: to affirm or prove  
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avow   show
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show adjective: hostile and difficult  
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show verb: to urgently request  
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bombast   show
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boor   show
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show noun: people of the middle class  
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brevity   show
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show adjective: tending to float OR being light-hearted and merry  
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show verb: to grow or blossom  
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burnish   show
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cacophony   show
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cadge   show
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capricious   show
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castigate   show
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show adjective: corrosive OR sharp and biting  
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show noun: a cave  
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centrifuge   show
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show adjective: cautious  
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show adjective: vulgar and ungracious  
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show noun: something that causes a liquid to solidify  
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show verb: to come together as one  
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show adjective: valid or convincing  
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cognizance   show
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show noun: a group of people or friends  
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complaisance   show
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show noun: the state of being paralyzed with fear  
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show adjective: provoking debate or quarrels  
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show adjective: enjoying social interaction  
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show adjective: coiled together OR complicated  
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show noun: a line of people or objects around a specific area  
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show noun: a ring around a celestial body, especially the sun and moon  
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corpuscle   show
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show adjective: tending to confirm with evidence  
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show adjective: secret  
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covet   show
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show adjective: having a strong desire to own  
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show adjective: to curl up in fear  
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craven   show
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credence   show
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credulous   show
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culpability   show
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curmudgeon   show
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decimation   show
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show noun: yielding to the wishes or opinions of others  
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demagogue   show
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show noun: abandonment or neglect  
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show verb: to mock or ridicule  
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show noun: ridicule  
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show noun: a medicine used fro drying up a sore  
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desiccate   show
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show adjective: characteristic of a ruler with absolute power  
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show adjective: lacking, especially regarding money  
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desultory   show
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diction   show
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show noun: the state of being shy and untrusting  
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dilate   show
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diminutive   show
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dirge   show
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show verb: to understand the difference  
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discordant   show
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disingenuous   show
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show verb: to exhume a grave  
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show verb: to belittle and dishonor  
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disparate   show
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disputatious   show
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show verb: to hide or conceal using a false appearance  
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dissipation   show
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show noun: sound that lacks of harmony  
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distillate   show
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show noun: the act of stripping or selling off  
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show noun: an idiot  
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dross   show
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dubious   show
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show noun: effectiveness  
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effrontery   show
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elegy   show
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elucidating   show
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show verb: to give off  
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show noun: something that softens the skin  
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emulate   show
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show noun: to put in a capsule  
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encomium   show
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show verb: to remove courage or nerve  
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engender   show
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ennui   show
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enigmatic   show
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entreat   show
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ephemeral   show
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show noun: a descriptive word or phrase  
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equivocal   show
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erudition   show
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esoteric   show
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show noun: the spirit and character of a community  
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excoriation   show
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exculpate   show
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exigent   show
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extant   show
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extol   show
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extrapolate   show
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show adjective: able to be freed from entanglement or trouble  
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show adjective: false  
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fatuous   show
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feckless   show
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feint   show
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fervent   show
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fissure   show
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show adjective: flushed  
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show adjective: to be in a state of confusion or uncertainty  
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show noun: a flaw in character  
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foment   show
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foolhardy   show
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fortuitous   show
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fracas   show
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show noun: a decorative piece in architecture  
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gainsay   show
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show adjective: extremely talkative  
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show adjective: relating to a gas  
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show adjective: done with ease  
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gossamer   show
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show adjective: social  
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show adjective: causing grief or anguish  
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gristle   show
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guile   show
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show adjective: easily tricked  
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hackneyed   show
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show adjective: unlucky  
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show noun: something that foreshadows the future  
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harrow   show
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heckle   show
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show adjective: relating to a herb  
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hew   show
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show verb: to sharpen  
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show verb: to deceive  
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show noun: one who seeks to overthrow tradition or authority  
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show noun: a peculiarity  
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show noun: worship of idols  
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show noun: a romantic poem  
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imbroglio   show
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imperceptibly   show
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show noun: the condition of being overbearing  
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show noun: self-assured calm and collectiveness  
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show noun: the condition of being impulsive  
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implacable   show
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implosion   show
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show adjective: careless  
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incense   show
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inchoate   show
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incongruous   show
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incorrigible   show
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incursion   show
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indefatigability   show
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show adjective: unable to determine  
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show adjective: no capable of being copied or imitated; unique  
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show noun: the state of being hard to understand or investigate  
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show adjective: boring, tasteless  
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insolence   show
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insularity   show
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interpolate   show
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show adjective: difficult and stubborn  
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intransigence   show
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show adv: naturally inherent  
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inundate   show
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show noun: insulting language  
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show adjective: easily angered  
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show adjective: undecided  
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show adjective: often joking  
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labyrinthine   show
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laconic   show
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lambaste   show
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show verb: to praise  
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lethargy   show
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show noun: a dam  
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show verb: to describe, especially with an illustration  
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lofty   show
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loquacious   show
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lucid   show
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lugubrious   show
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show adjective: generous and noble; kind-hearted  
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show adjective: inept; incapable  
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malinger   show
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malleable   show
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show verb: to damage  
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show noun: a hired killer  
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mercurial   show
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metamorphose   show
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meticulous   show
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show noun: environment  
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show noun: the act of mimicking; mocking  
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show noun: person who hates mankind  
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miscreant   show
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miser   show
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mitigate   show
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morose   show
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show adjective: great variety  
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show adjective: short-sighted  
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nadir   show
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narcissist   show
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show adjective: beginning to exist  
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show noun: central part of the church or the center of a wheel  
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show noun: the tip  
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noisome   show
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obdurate   show
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obviate   show
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occult   show
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odium   show
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show noun: disgrace  
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ossified   show
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show adjective: pretentious and boastful  
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show noun: the act of excluding  
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show adjective: out of fashion  
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overtly   show
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paean   show
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palpable   show
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show verb: to break a sentence into parts of speech  
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show adjective: miserly and frugal  
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show noun: a small misdeed  
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pedantic   show
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show adjective: relating to treachery  
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show adjective: traveling by foot noun: someone who is walking  
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show verb: to cause to continue forever  
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show verb: to not give up  
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pervasive   show
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philistine   show
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show noun: one who robs at sea verb: to steal  
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pith   show
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placate   show
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plasticity   show
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platitudinous   show
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show adjective: believable  
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polemic   show
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show noun: someone who pretends to be something they're not to impress others  
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show noun: something that comes before  
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show verb: to take the place of  
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preponderate   show
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show noun: the act of avoiding the truth  
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primacy   show
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show adjective: extremely wasteful  
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prodigy   show
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profundity   show
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proliferate   show
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prolixity   show
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show verb: to reproduce  
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propitiatory   show
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prudery   show
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show adjective: childish  
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pundit   show
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show noun: quality of being sharp or biting, especially to the taste or smell  
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show adjective: cowardly  
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quaff   show
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show noun: an uncertain situation or predicament  
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show adjective: quiet; at rest  
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show adjective: romantically unrealistic or impulsive  
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show adjective: common  
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raconteur   show
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rancorous   show
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show verb: to make thin  
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show adjective: loud and harsh  
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recluse   show
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show verb: to compensate; to pay  
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recondite   show
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show adjective: difficult to work with; unmanageable  
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regale   show
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show verb: to demote or assign to an inferior position  
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repentant   show
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show verb: to scold or shame  
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reproof   show
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repudiate   show
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show adjective: repulsive  
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show noun: church service for a deceased person  
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show adjective: beautiful and often shining brilliance  
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show noun: a daydream  
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show noun: a scoundrel  
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show noun: a thug; a tough person  
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show noun: the act of thinking deeply OR the process of chewing cud  
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sagacity   show
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sage   show
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show adjective: stimulating, sexy but trashy  
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salutary   show
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sap   show
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show noun: to ridicule with sarcasm  
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show adjective: conscientious and detailed  
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scurvy   show
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sedulous   show
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show noun: a device used by sailors to navigate  
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show adjective: concerning stars or constellations  
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sinuous   show
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sodden   show
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show adjective: dirty  
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show adjective: something that seems believable but is false  
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spendthrift   show
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spurious   show
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squelch   show
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show verb: to stop the flow of fluids  
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show adjective: emotionless  
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show verb: to conquer  
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subsume   show
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show noun: the quality of being subtle or sly  
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show adjective: proud, haughty  
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supine   show
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show noun: space between 2 nerve endings  
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tangential   show
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show noun: the condition of being tedious; boring  
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show adjective: slender  
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thwart   show
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timorous   show
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show verb: to excite or stimulate  
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torpor   show
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touting   show
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tractable   show
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show adjective: short-lived  
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transmuted   show
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show noun: commotion  
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show noun: corruption  
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show noun: a novice  
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underling   show
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show adjective: genuine; not pretended or feigned  
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show adjective: clear and certain  
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show noun: a word with only one definition  
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show noun: an incredible large interest rate, often illegal  
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vacillation   show
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show adjective: corruptible for a price; open to bribery  
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veneer   show
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show noun: the act of idolizing  
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show adjective: honest  
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verbosity   show
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veritable   show
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show verb: to make into a villain  
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viscid   show
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show adjective: sticky  
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show adjective: harsh criticism or censure  
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show noun: the condition of using fluent speech  
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voracious   show
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show verb: to float  
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wheedle   show
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show verb: to sharpen verb: to stimulate  
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xenophobe   show
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zealous   show
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zenith   show
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