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bide

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to remain in a condition or state; to wait

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consent

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to approve;to agree

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volition

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a conscious choice or decision

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nascent

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coming into being; being born

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amplify

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to make larger

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lurid

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causing shock or horror

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own

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to admit

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collude

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to plot secretly

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tally

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to count

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disarray

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confusion

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tepid

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moderately warm

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conjecture

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an inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence

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pious

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exhibiting reverence

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abet

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to encourage, to assist

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interloper

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one who interferes with the affairs of others

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subsequent

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happening afterward

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surmise

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to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence

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jot

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to write briefly and hastly

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discern

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to perceive and understand so as to make distinctions

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blight

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a plant disease

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voluble

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divine

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related to a god

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premonition

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a sense of a future event

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poverbial

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well-known b/c widely repeated

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grave
serious; dignified
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indefatigable
tireless
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deploy
to station or assemble groups
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codify
to organize something
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relent
to become less severe
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loathe
to dislike something greatly
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cubersome
clumsy or difficult
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affected
behaving in an artificial way
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skittish
nervous
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colloquial
appropriate to spoken; informal
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scenario
an outline for a planned series of events
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drastic
extreme; severe
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inept
without skill
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multifarious
having any different parts or forms
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efficacy
the power to produce the desired effect
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dissonant
harsh and disagreeable
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brusque
abrupt and curt of manner
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ambiance
enviroment
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voluminous
having great size
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vanquish
to defeat
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pilfer
to steal a sall ao
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disdain
a feeling of contempt
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reconcile
to make friendly again
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banish
to drive away
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vacillate
to swing back and forth
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morose
sour tempered and inclined to be silent