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1500 Essential (900-1200) Flashcards

1
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remonstrate

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to protest object

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render

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deliver provide represent

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renovate

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restore smth to better condition

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renowned

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celebrated famous

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repast

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meal

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repel

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refuse to accept/cause dislike

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repine

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at be discontented with

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reproach

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scold upbraid

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reprobate

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person hardened in sin one devoid of decency

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repudiate

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disown refuse to accept or pay

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repulsive

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causing a feeling of disgust

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requite

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repay give in return

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rescind

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repeal/annul/cancel

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resigned

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unresisting submissive

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resilience

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quality of quickly recovering the original shape

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resort

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to frequently visit

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restive

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refusing to move reluctant to be controlled

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resuscitation

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coming back to consciousness

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retard

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check hinder

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reticent

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reserved untalkative silent taciturn

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revere

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have deep respect for

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reverent

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feeling or showing deep respect

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riddle

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puzzling person or thing

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rift

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split crack dissension

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rivet

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fix take up secure metal pin

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roll

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call calling of names

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rotund

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rich and deep plump and round

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ruffian

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violent cruel man

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rumple

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make rough

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sagacious

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having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage

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salacious

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obscene

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salubrious

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healthful

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salutary

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remedial wholesome causing improvement

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sanctimony

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self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety

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sanction

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approval (by authority) penalty

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sanguine

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cheerful confident optimistic

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sanity

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health of mind soundness of judgement

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sash

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long strip worn round the waist

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satiate

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satisfy fully

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saturnine

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gloomy dark sullen morose

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savant

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person of great learning

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savor

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taste flavor smth

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sawdust

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tiny bits of wood

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scabbard

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sheath for the blade

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scent

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smell (esp pleasant)

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scorch

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become discolored/dry up/go at high speed

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scribble

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write hastily

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scurvy

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mean contemptible

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secular

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material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries

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sedulous

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persevering

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seminal

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like a seed constituting a source originative

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sententious

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short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs

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sequence

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succession connected line of

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sere

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make hard and without feeling

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sermon

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reproving a person for his faults

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serrated

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having a toothed edge

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serration

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having a toothed edge

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servile

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like a slave lacking independence

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sever

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break off

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severance

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severing

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shallow

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little depth not earnest

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shard

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piece of broken earthenware

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sheath

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cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool

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shrewd

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astute showing sound judgement

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shrill

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sharp piercing

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shun

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keep away from avoid

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shunt

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send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion

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sidestep

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step to one side

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simper

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(give a) silly/self-conscious smile

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sinuous

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winding undulating serpentine

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skiff

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small boat

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skit

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short piece of humorous writing

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slack

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sluggish dull not tight

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slake

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to assuage to satisfy allay

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slate

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king of blue-grey stone propose criticize

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sluggard

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lazy slow-moving person

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slur

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join sounds/words (indistinct)

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smolder

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burn slowly without flame

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snare

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trap

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snub

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treat with contempt

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soar

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rise fly high

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sober

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self-controlled

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sobriety

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quality or condition of being sober

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sodden

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soaked saturated

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soggy

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heavy with water

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solvent

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of the power of forming a solution

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somatic

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of the body

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soot

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black powder in smoke

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sophisticated

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complex subtle refined

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sophistry

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fallacious reasoning faulty logic

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sophomoric

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self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown

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soporific

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producing sleep

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sordid

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wretched comfortless contemptible

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spear

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weapon with a metal point on a long shaft

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specious

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illogical of questionable truth or merit

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splenetic

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bad-tempered irritable

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splice

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join (two ends)

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sponge

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porous rubber for washing live at once expense

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spurious

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FALSE counterfeit

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spurn

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have nothing to do reject or refuse

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squalid

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foul filthy

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squander

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spend wastefully

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squat

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crouch/settle without permission

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stanch

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to stop the flow of a fluid

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steeply

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rising or falling sharply

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stentorian

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extremely loud and powerful

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stickler

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person who insists on importance of smth

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stigma

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mark of shame or disgrace

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stigmatize

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describe smb scornfully

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sting

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smth sharp

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stingy

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spending using unwillingly

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stint

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to be thrifty to set limits

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stipple

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paint with dots

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stipulate

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state or put forward as a necessary condition

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stolid

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showing no emotion impassive

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stray

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wander lose one’s way

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streak

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long thin move very fast

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striated

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striped grooved or banded

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stride

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walk with long steps

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strut

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a supporting bar

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stygian

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hence dark gloomy

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stymie

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to hinder obstruct or block

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subdue

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overcome bring under control

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sublime

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extreme astounding

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submerge

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put under water liquid sink out of sight

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suborn

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induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury

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subpoena

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written order requiring a person to appear in a low court

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substantiation

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giving facts to support (statement)

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subsume

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include under a rule

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succor

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assistance relief in time of distress

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suffice

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be enough

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suffocate

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cause or have difficulty in breathing

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sullied

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to be stained or discredited

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summarily

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briefly without delay

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sumptuous

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magnificent

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sundry

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various miscellaneous separate

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supercilious

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disdainful characterized by haughty scorn

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superfluous

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more then is needed or wanted

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superimpose

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put smth on the top

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supersede

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take the place of

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supine

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lying on the back slow to act passive

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suppliant

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asking humbly beseeching

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supplicate

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make a humble petition to

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suppress

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prevent from being known put an end to

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surcharge

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additional load/charge

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surfeit

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satiate feed to fulness or to excess

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susceptibility

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sensitiveness

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swerve

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change direction suddenly

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sycophant

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person who flatter to the rich and powerful

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synopsis

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summary or outline

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taciturn

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untalkative silent

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tadpole

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form of a frog when it leaves the egg

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talon

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claw of a bird of prey

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tamp

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tap or drive down by repeated light blows

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tamper

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interfere with

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tangential

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suddenly changeable

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tarnished

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lost brightness

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tassel

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bunch of threads

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taunt

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contemptuous reproach hurtful remark

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taut

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tightly stretched

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tautology

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a repetition a redundancy

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tawdry

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cheap gaudy showy tacky

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teetotal

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oppose to alcohol

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temerity

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boldness brashness intrepidness

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temperance

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abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation

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temperate

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showing self-control

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tenacity

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firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on

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tenuous

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insubstantial flimsy weak

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tepid

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lukewarm

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terse

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brief and to the point

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testiness

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witness/evidence

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thrift

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care economy thriving prosperous

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thwart

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obstruct/frustrate

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timid

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shy easily frightened

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timorous

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fearful timid afraid

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toady

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obsequious flatterer

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tonic

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smth giving strength or energy

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topple

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be unsteady and overturn

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torment

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severe pain or suffering

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torpid

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sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant

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torque

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twisting force causing rotation

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tortuous

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devious/not straightforward

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tout

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person who worries others to buy smth to use his service

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tractable

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easily controlled or guided

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transgress

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break go beyond (a limit)

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transient

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temporary fleeting

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transitory

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brief

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travesty

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parody/imitation

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trenchant

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forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive

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trepidation

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alarm excited state of mind

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trickle

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flow in drops

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trifling

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unimportant

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trite

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not new

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truce

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(agreement) stop of fighting for a time

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truculence

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aggressiveness ferocity

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trudge

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walk heavily

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turbid

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muddy having the sediment stirred up

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turbulence

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being uncontrolled violent

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turgid

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excessively ornate swollen or bloated

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turmoil

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trouble disturbance

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turpitude

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wickedness shamefulness

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turquoise

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greenish-blue precious stone

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tyro

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tiro beginner

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ubiquitous

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present everywhere

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ulterior

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situated beyond

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umbrage

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offense resentment

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uncouth

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rough awkward

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underbid

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make a lower bid then smb else

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undermine

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weaken gradually at the base make smth under

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undulate

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to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate

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unearth

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discover and bring to light

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unencumbered

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easy-going trifle

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unfeigned

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not pretended sincere

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unscathed

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unharmed unhurt

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untoward

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unfortunate inconvenient

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upbraid

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scold reproach

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urbane

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elegant refined in manners

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vacillation

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being uncertain hesitating

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vagary

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strange act or idea

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vain

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without use result conceited

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valiant

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brave

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valorous

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brave

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vanquish

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conquer

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veer

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change direction

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venal

A

ready to do smth dishonest

226
Q

veneer

A

surface appearance covering the TRUE nature

227
Q

veneration

A

regard with deep respect

228
Q

veracity

A

truth

229
Q

verdant

A

fresh and green

230
Q

verisimilitude

A

appearing TRUE or real

231
Q

veritable

A

real rightly named

232
Q

verve

A

spirit vigor enthusiasm

233
Q

vestige

A

trace or sign

234
Q

vex

A

annoy distress trouble

235
Q

vigilance

A

watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order

236
Q

vigilant

A

member of a vigilance committee

237
Q

vigorous

A

strong energetic

238
Q

vilify

A

slander say evil things

239
Q

vindictive

A

having a desire to revenge

240
Q

virago

A

a loud domineering woman a scold or nag

241
Q

visceral

A

of the internal organs of the body

242
Q

viscous

A

sticky/semi-fluid

243
Q

vitiate

A

lower the quality weaken the strength

244
Q

vituperate

A

curse abuse in words

245
Q

vivacious

A

lively high-spirited

246
Q

volatile

A

changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive

247
Q

volubility

A

fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language

248
Q

voluble

A

fluent

249
Q

waffle

A

talk vaguely and without much result

250
Q

waft

A

scent waving movement carry lightly through

251
Q

wag

A

merry person

252
Q

warmonger

A

person who stirs up war

253
Q

warrant

A

authority written order guarantee

254
Q

wean

A

to turn away (from a habit)

255
Q

weigh

A

measure hoe heavy smth is

256
Q

welter

A

turmoil a bewildering jumble

257
Q

wend

A

to go proceed

258
Q

whimsical

A

full of odd and fanciful ideas

259
Q

wince

A

show bodily or mental pain

260
Q

woo

A

try to win

261
Q

writ

A

written order

262
Q

yarn

A

tale story fibers for knitting

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