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101-200 Flashcards

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Quotidian

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Daily; everyday, ordinary

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Converge

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Move towards one another or towards a point; unite

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Prosaic

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Dull, ordinary

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Adverse

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Opposing, harmful

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Ingenuous

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Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive

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Prodigious

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Extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.

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Articulate

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Using language in a clear, fluent way (adj); speak distinctly or give clarity to an idea (verb)

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Cacophony

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Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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Capricious

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Acting on impulse, erratic

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Avid

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Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirous

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Defamatory

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Slanderous, injurious to someone’s reputation

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Aesthetic

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Concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a set of principles or tastes guiding an artistic practice (noun)

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Pious

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Devout; religiously reverent and dutiful

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Commensurate

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The same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional

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Counterproductive

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Defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal

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Castigate

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Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

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Lassitude

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Tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging

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Ambiguous

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Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings or interpretations

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Assuage

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Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

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Warrented

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Justified, authorized (warrant can mean to justify or a justification, but can also mean to vouch for or guarantee)

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Implode

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Burst inward; fall apart

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Dissent

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Disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view

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Lament

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Mourn; express grief, sorrow, or regret (verb); an expression of grief, esp. as a song or poem (noun)

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Sportive

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Playful, merry, joking around, done “in sport” (rather than intended seriously)

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Deem

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Judge, consider

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Implication

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Act of implying or that which is implied; close connection, esp. in an incriminating way

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Substantiate

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Support with evidence or proof; give a material existence to

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Transitory

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Temporary, short-lived, not lasting

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Belie

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Contradict or misrepresent

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Facilitate

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Make easier, help the progress of

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Impede

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Hold back, obstruct the progress of

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33
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Inchoate

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Just begun, undeveloped, unorganized

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Offset

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Counteract, compensate for (verb); a counterbalance (noun)

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Quibble

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Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once

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Plastic

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Able to be shaped or formed; easily influenced

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38
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Rudimentary

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Elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitive

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Autonomous

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Self-governing, independent

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Indifferent

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Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial

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Patent

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Obvious, apparent, plain to see (adj); a letter from a government guaranteeing an inventor the rights to his or her invention (noun)

42
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Liberal

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Favorable to progress or reform; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant, open-minded; generous (adj); a person with such beliefs or practices (noun)

43
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Derivative

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Derived from something else; not origional

44
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Base

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Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit

45
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Pragmatic

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Practical; dealing with actual facts

46
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Alacrity

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Cheerful or speedy willingness

47
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Volatile

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Varying, inconstant, fleeting; tending to violence, explosive

48
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Spectrum

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A broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, eps. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way)

49
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Wary

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Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger

50
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Nevertheless/Nonetheless

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However, even so, despite that

51
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Cosmopolitan

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Belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

52
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Tenuous

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Flimsy, having little substance; long and thin, slender

53
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Gist

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Main idea, essence

54
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Disingenouos

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Insincere, not genuine

55
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Sagacious

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Wise; showing good judgement and foresight

56
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Connoisseur

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Expert, especially in the fine arts; person of educated refined tastes

57
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Bolster

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Strengthen or support

58
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Resolution

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The quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by a vote

59
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Torpor

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Sluggishness, lethargy, or apathy; a period of inactivity

60
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Pathological

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Relating to or caused by disease; relating to compulsive bad behavior

61
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Vituperate

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Verbally abuse, rebuke or criticize harshly

62
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Cartography

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Mapmaking

63
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Maverick

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Rebel, individualist, dissenter

64
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Caustic

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Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic

65
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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is common; inconsistency

66
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Fathom

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Measure the depth of (usually of water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand

67
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Modest

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Humble; simple rather than showy; decent (eps. “covering up” in terms of dress); small, limited

68
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Lampoon

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A harsh satire (noun); ridicule or satirize (verb)

69
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Discriminating

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Judicious, discerning, having good judgement or insight (as an adj, positive spin; as a verb, negative spin)

70
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Mollify

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Calm or soothe (an angry person); lessen or soften

71
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Sentient

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Conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses

72
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Principled

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Having high moral standards

73
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Eulogy

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Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech at a funeral

74
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Disabuse

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Free someone from a mistake in thinking

75
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Covert

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Secret, veiled, undercover

76
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Contextualize

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Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

77
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Homogeneous

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Of the same kind; uniform throughout

78
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Incorporate

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Include, take in; combine, unite; form a legal corporation; embody, give physical form to

79
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Pugnacious

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Inclined to fight, combative

80
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Prodigal

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Wasteful, extravagant; giving abundantly, lavish

81
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Obstinate

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Stubborn or hard to control

82
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Hardy

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Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, etc.

83
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Empirical

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Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory

84
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Abhor

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Detest, regard with disgust

85
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Eclectic

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Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

86
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Placate

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Satisfy or calm down (an angry or dissatisfied person), esp. by conciliatory gestures

87
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Imminent

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Ready to occur, impending

88
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Artless

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Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured

89
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Implicit

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Implied, not stated directly; involved in the very essence of something, unquestionable

90
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Placid

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Peaceful, calm, tranquil

91
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Predisposed

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Having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible

92
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Deface

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Vandalize, mar the appearance of

93
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Rescind

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Annul, repeal, make void

94
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Satiate/Sate

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To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the point of excess (possibly inducing disgust, tiredness, etc.)

95
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Sap

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The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid, vitality; a person taken advantage of (noun); undermine, weaken, tire out (verb)

96
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Reticent

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Not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved

97
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Inadvertent

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Unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention, careless

98
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Buttress

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Support or encourage (verb); a support of prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (noun)

99
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Virtual

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Existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existing in results or in essence but not officially or in name

100
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Timely

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Well-timed, happening at a suitable time

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