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abound
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present in great quantity
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abduction
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kidnapping
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absurd
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ridiculous
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accomplice
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helper
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adhere
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to stick firmly
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adversary
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enemy
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afoot
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in motion
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agitate
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to disturb
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airtight
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perfect
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allegiance
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loyalty
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amass
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collect a lot of
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amity
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friendship
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anchor
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hold in place
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anonymous
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without a name
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apparel
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clothing
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apprehend
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to understand
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arbiter
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one who settles a dispute
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ascending
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going up
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asylum
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shelter; refuge
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auctioneer
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one who sells goods at an auction
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avert
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to avoid
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babble
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to talk foolishly or too much
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barbaric
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uncivilized
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belittle
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to criticize
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bid
make an offer
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bloated
swollen
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bogus
fake
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brace
to support
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breadth
how broad something is
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buoyant
able to float
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byway
side road
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cadet
military student
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candid
honest; open; outspoken
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carnivorous
meat eating
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censure
to criticize harshly; to blame
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chronic
constant
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cleanse
to clean
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collage
a collection of pictures or images
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compassionate
kind; sympathetic
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complacent
self-satisfied
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composer
one who writes music
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compress
to press together
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conclusive
proven; definite
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confectioner
maker of candy
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connoisseur
expert
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consequential
resulting
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conspiracy
a secret plan to do something unlawful
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consumer
buyer
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contour
curve; shape
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converge
to come together
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cordial
friendly
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counsel
to advise
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crave
to want a lot
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criterion
factor used to judge something
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cumulative
including everything from the beginning
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dabble
to take a mild interest in something
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decay
to rot
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decode
to translate a code into understandable language
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deflate
to remove air from something
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delete
to erase
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demote
to lower in rank
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descendant
relative from a younger generation
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detect
to notice
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devise
to plan; to design
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dignity
honor
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directory
a book of names
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discipline
punish
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discourse
speech; conversation
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discriminate
to notice differences
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dishearten
discourage
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dismay
disappointment; sadness
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disrepute
have a bad reputation
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distant
unfriendly
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distress
worry; unhappiness
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document
support with evidence
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drought
severe dryness
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duration
how long something lasts
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dynamics
study of motion in physics
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eccentric
strange
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egoist
one who pays too much attention to the self
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embrace
to hug; accept
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emotive
emotional
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endow
to give money to
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enlighten
to inform
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entity
living being
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equilibrium
balance
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error
mistake in baseball
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evade
to avoid
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excerpt
part of a quote or passage
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exhibitionist
one who enjoys showing off
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expertise
skill
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extravagance
wasteful spending
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fabricate
to lie
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farfetched
unbelievable
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flourish
to grow; to be successful
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forethought
thinking beforehand
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fragment
a broken piece
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fraudulent
fake
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fumble
make a mistake in football
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galaxy
a group of stars
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ghastly
horrible
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glutton
one who eats too much
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grandiose
magnificent
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gregarious
sociable
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grove
small forest or field of trees
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guzzle
drink quickly
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habitable
fit to be lived in
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hangar
shelter for airplanes
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haze
fog; mist
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heir
a person who inherits
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hibernation
the state of sleeping through winter
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home run
score in baseball
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hurl
throw forcefully
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hypothesis
assumption; possible explanation
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ideology
sets of ideas typical of a social or political group
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illustrious
famous
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impair
to make worse
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imperceptible
not able to be seen or heard
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impose
to force on others
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impulse
sudden urge
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incapacitated
lacking physical or legal powers
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incompetence
inability to function properly
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incriminate
to show proof of involvement in a crime
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indifferent
lack of interest
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indistinguishable
identical
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inert
lacking the power to move
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infinite
unlimited
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innovate
to be creative
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insight
a sudden understanding
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instantaneous
immediate
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integral
important
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intervention
interference
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intuition
a hunch or feeling about something
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irreparable
unfixable
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jack
device for lifting something heavy
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judicious
wise
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kernal
central part
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labored
done with great effort
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lavish
extravagant
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lethargic
lazy
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lofty
very tall or high in the air
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lull
to soothe
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luxuriant
richly decorated
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malice
hatred
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matriculate
to enter or to enroll
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medley
group of songs strung together
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meritorious
having value
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microbe
tiny microscopic organism
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mine
place where metal is found
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miser
person who hates spending money
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monarchy
a state ruled by a king or queen
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multiplicity
involving more than one
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negligence
carelessness
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notorious
famous for being bad
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objective
goal
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obstinate
stubborn
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optician
eye doctor
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oscillate
to move back and forth
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painstaking
very careful
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partisan
supporter of an idea or a cause
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pedestrian
one who travels by foot
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perpetual
everlasting
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petty
of little importance
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pitiable
worthy of sympathy
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poised
ready
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portfolio
a set of pictures or documents
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preconceived
planned in advance
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predicament
problem situation
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prescience
foresight
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presume
believe without reason
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principled
moral; ethical
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progressive
moving foward
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prophet
one who predicts future events
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prudent
careful
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quake
to shake or tremble
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radiate
to give off
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rash
hurried; without thinking
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recipient
one who receives
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reclusive
living alone
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recurrent
repetitive
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refuge
a shelter from danger
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regional
of a particular geographic area
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reinstate
to restore
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remission
temporary weakening of force
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renovate
to repair; to restore
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reputability
respectability
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resist
to fight against
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restore
to bring back to a former or normal condition
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revive
to bring back to life
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ripple
small wave on the surface
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rural
from the country
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saccharine
overy sweet
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scrutinize
to examine carefully
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sentiment
feeling or emotion
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sever
to separate
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shrug
to raise ones shoulders
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sluggish
slow-moving
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solidarity
togetherness
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spacious
roomy
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spontaneity
suddenness
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stained
discolored
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static
not changing
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stroke
a single deliberate movement or action
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subtle
not easily seen
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suppress
to keep down by force
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sustain
to maintain
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synthesis
combinations of parts to create a whole
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tact
ability to do the right thing at the right time
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tangent
sudden change of topic
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temperament
mood
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terrestrial
of the earth
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touchdown
score in football
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trawler
fishing boat
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troupe
a group of performers
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ultimate
final
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unbounded
without limits
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unethical
immoral
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universal
widespread
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uphold
to enforce
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utterance
something spoken
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vacant
empty
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vandal
one who damages property
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verbose
using more words than are necessary
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veto
to prevent by vote; forbid
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vulgar
crude
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weary
tired
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witticism
clever remark
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zany
crazy
