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Tenacious

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To do something with fullest potential

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Pertinacious

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To do something with fullest potential

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Indefatigable

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To do something with fullest potential

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Diligent

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Sincere, to do something with fullest potential

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Reckless

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To be careless

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Impetuous

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To be careless

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Foolhardy

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To be careless

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Precipitous

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To be careless

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Exemplary

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The best and the most useful invention

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Irreproachable

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The best and the most useful invention

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Exceptional

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The best and the most useful invention

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Impeachable

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The best and the most useful invention

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Exculpate

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Free someone of the blame, absolve, exonerate, acquit

Verb

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Virile

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MA: Veer
MEANING: full of strength, power and masculinity, intrepid, gallant, valiant, brave, sexual appeal

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Precarious

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MA: done without care
MEANING: not securely held in position, dangerously likely to fall or collapse, insecure, unsteady, uncertain
IDIOM: Built on sand
Adjective

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Capacious

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MA: Spacious

MEANING: Having a lot of room, Spacious, commodious, roomy

IDIOM: elbow room

Adjective

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Loft

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MA: Lift for lofty building

MEANING: tall, giant, towering, soaring

Adjective

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Inebriate

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Drunken, intoxicated

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Obviate

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prevent, anticipate

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Phlegmatic

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calm, having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

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apathetic

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uninterested, indifferent

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Conspicuous

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Clearly visible

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Incorrigible

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Irreparable, not able to be changed or reformed.

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Penchant

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a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something, fondness

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ecstatic

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feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

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Proffer

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Offer

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Insolent

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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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benevolent

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well meaning and kindly

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Pauper

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A very poor person

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Livid

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Furiously angry

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Entail

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involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence, necessitate

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To sear

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To dry or to scorch or to fry quickly

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Seer

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A person who can predict the future

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Penury

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Destitute, the state of being very poor; extreme poverty, penniless

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Old English is also known as

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Anglo Saxon

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Alleviation

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the action or process of making suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.

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Zealotry

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Excess of zeal, overenthusiastic, fanatical, a religious zealot

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fanaticism

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the quality of being fanatical, zeal

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parochial

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narrow-minded

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Shun

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Avoid

Idiom- to show a cold shoulder

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Flutter

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(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly

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Pod

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Group of dolphins

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43
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Porpoise

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fully aquatic marine mammals

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Covet

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To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else

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Howl

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Making a howling sound

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complacent

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showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.

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47
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affluent

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having a great deal of money; wealthy, prosperous

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diffident

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modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence, timid

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Discourteous

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Rude, impolite, ill-mannered

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catastrophe

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an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

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abhor

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regard with disgust and hatred, hate

52
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Credible

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Believable

53
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credulous

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having or showing too great a readiness to believe things, gullible, naive

54
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Vacillation

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the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision

55
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inoculation

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immunization, vaccination

56
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Remorse

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distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions

57
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Steadfast

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Firm, determined

58
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Effeminacy

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Effeminacy is the embodiment of traits in a boy or man that are more often associated with feminine behavior, mannerism, style, or gender roles rather than with traditionally masculine behavior, mannerisms, style or roles

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Boorishness

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Rude and not considering other people’s feelings

60
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Arrogant

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Haughty, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities

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Modest

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Humble, moderate

62
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Eccentric

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Unconventional, uncommon, slightly strange

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Peculiar

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Strange, unusual,odd

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Sheer

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Complete, total, absolute

65
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nadir

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the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation

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Zenith

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Top, peak, paramount, plinth

67
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Shallow

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Less deap

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Misanthrope

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One who hates mankind

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Philanthropist

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a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes, benefactor

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Misogynist

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a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women, women-hater, anti-feminist

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Humanitarian

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concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare, compassionate, humane

72
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perseverance

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continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition

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Vigour

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physical strength and good health, robustness

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Optimistic

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A person who looks at the bright side of things, cheerful, positive

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Pessimist

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tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen, gloomy, negative, defeatist

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Cynic

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a person who believes that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere

77
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Sycophant

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someone who praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them, toady, creep, crawler

78
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inconceivable

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unbelievable

79
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Incomprehensible

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not able to be understood; not intelligible, indecipherable

80
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complacent

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self-satisfied

81
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quarrel

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argument

82
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Incorrigible

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That which cannot be corrected

83
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Indelible

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Which cannot be removed, ineradicable

84
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Illegible

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unreadable, indecipherable

85
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Ethnology

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the study of different societies and culture

86
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anthropology

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the study of human race, it’s culture and society, and its physical development

87
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Archaeology

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the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains

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Stickler

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A person on insists on something

89
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disciplinarian

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a person who believes in or practises firm discipline, martinet

90
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Boaster

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someone who is known for boasting—bragging, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster’s skills, possessions, or accomplishments

91
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exterminate

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destroy completely, kill

92
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evade

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escape or avoid

93
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Imposter

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A person pretending to be somebody he is not

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rogue

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That does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

95
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Polyandry

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The custom or practice of having more than one husband at same time

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polygyny

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polygamy in which a man has more than one wif

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polyphony

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music in which several different tunes are played or sung at the same time

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Polychromy

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the art of painting in several colours

99
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Poly

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Many

100
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Teetotaller

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a person who never drinks alcohol

101
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antiquarian

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A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things

102
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Crank

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a person who has strange ideas and behaves in strange ways

103
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radical

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believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social, economic, or political change

104
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muffled

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not loud because of being obstructed in some way; muted

105
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quay

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a stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships, dock, wharf, pier

106
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aerodrome

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A small airport or airfield

107
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euphemism

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Polite term , substitute

108
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fit as a fiddle

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in very good health

109
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Inference

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Conclusion

110
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Pathetic

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Pitiful, arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness

111
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Maestro

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a man who is very skilled at playing or conducting, conductor

112
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Neophytea

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a person who is new to a subject or activity, beginner, learner

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baptism

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A Christian ceremony in which water is poured over someone’s head or the person is briefly covered completely by water, and is named as a Christian

114
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Sophomore

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a second-year university or high-school student

115
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Splinter

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a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece, silver, shiver, chip, shater

116
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Stub

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the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use, butt, end, tail

117
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Repudiate

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refuse to accept; reject.

118
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Eschew

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deliberately avoid using; abstain from, shun

119
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Scorn

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treat with a great lack of respect, or to refuse something because you think it is wrong or not acceptable

120
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Entomology

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Study of insects

121
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abdication

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resignation, retirement

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