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Abate

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to reduce or lessen

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Aberration

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a deviation or departure from the norm

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Abeyance

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temporary inactivity or suspension

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Abjure

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to forswear or abstain from; to give up

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Abrade

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to wear down or rub away the surface of somthing

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Abridge

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to reduce the length of or diminish in scope

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Abrogate

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to end or do away with something

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Abscond

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to withdraw and hide, typically to avoid arrest

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Absurd

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extremely ridiculous or completely lacking reason

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Abysmal

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very profound or deep; very bad

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Accretion

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a gradual increase in the amount or size of something

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Acquisitive

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characterized by a strong desire to gain or retain information or objects

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Acrid

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harsh or bitter taste or smell

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Acute

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quick and precise, intense, sharp, keen

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Adhere

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to stick fast; to remain in support of

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Adroit

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showing skill and experience

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Aesthetic

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appealing to the senses because it is beautiful

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Affinity

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natural attraction; inherent similarity

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Alienate

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to isolate oneself from others or another person from oneself

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Ambiguous

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unclear or capable of having more than one meaning

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Ambivalent

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characterized by uncertainty; unable to decide between opposites

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Amenable

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responsive to suggestion; willing

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Amiable

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friendly and pleasant

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Anachronism

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something existing or happening out of its time in historical order

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Annotate

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to provide with extra notes or comments

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Anomaly

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something that is different from the norm

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Apathy

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a lack of any emotion or concern

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Ardor

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intense feelings; passion

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Articulate

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to clearly explain, the quality of being able to speak clearly

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Ascribe

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to attribute to a specific source; to assign a characteristic

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Asperity

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roughness or severity

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Assay

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an analysis or examination; to examine

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Assert

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to demonstrate power; to defend a statement as true

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Assiduous

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characteristic of careful and persistent effort

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Assimilate

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to make similar to incorporate into

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Assuage

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to lessen or ease

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Aver

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to declare as true; to maintain

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Aversion

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strong dislike

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Banish

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to force to leave

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Benevolence

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an inclination to be kind or charitable

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Bequest

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the act of passion on; something that is passed on

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Bereft

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deprived or despndent

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Blithe

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carefree or joyous; casual

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Bolster

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a narrow cushion; to support or strengthen

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Brazen

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bold or shameless

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Burgeoning

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thriving or growing rapidly

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Cadge

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to beg

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Capricious

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impulsive; prone to sudden change

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Castigate

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to punish or criticize severely

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Censure

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a formal criticism or intense disproval

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Chronicle

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a detailed narrative

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Circumspect

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mindful of potential consequences

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Coalesce

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to unite or come together

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Coerce

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to force or threaten someone into acting a certain way

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Cogent

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convincing and reasonable

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Coherence

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the quality of being logical and clear

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Coincidental

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occurring by chance

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Commensurate

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corresponding in size, degree, or duration

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Complaisant

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showing a willingness to please

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Conducive

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contributive, favorable

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Consternation

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alarm or fear

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Convivaial

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festive and sociable

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Cordial

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friendly

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Corroborate

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to confirm, to substantiate with evidence

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Countenance

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facial features or epcression

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Credulous

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easily deceived; believing too readily

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Culmination

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completion or climax

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Culpable

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deserving of blame; guilty

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Debilitate

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to weaken or impair

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Decry

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to denounce or criticize

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Defamation

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a malicious or abusive attack on one’s character

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Delve

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to deeply search through

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Demise

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to end of existance

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Denigrate

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to speak ill of

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Depict

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to represent or describe

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Deplore

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to condemn; disapprove of or regret

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Derision

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use of ridicule to show contempt (disrespect)

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Desultory

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inconsistent and irregular

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Diatribe

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an abusive, insulting verbal attack

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Didactic

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intended for the purposes of moral teaching or instructing, even when such instruction is not necessary or welcome

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Dilate

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to make larger

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Diligent

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continuously putting in great effort

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Disabuse

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to free someone of believing something that is untrue

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Discern

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to differentiate or distinguis; to perceive

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Disconcerting

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unsettling

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Dislodge

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to remove

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Disparity

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the state of being different or unequal

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Dissemble

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to disguise or conceal

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Dissident

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one who disagrees; disagreeable

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Dissipate

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to drive away

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Dissonance

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lack of harmony

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Divest

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to get rid of

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Docile

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easy to train or teach

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Dubious

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unsure, skeptical

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Eccentic

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one who deviates from the norm

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Eclectic

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combing elements from many different sources or styles

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Effrontery

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rude and presumptuous behavior

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Egregious

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noticeably bad or offenscive

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Eloquent

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very clear and precise

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Elucidate

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to clarify

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Emanicpation

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the act of freeing

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Emollient

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softening or soothing

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Emulate

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to follow an admirable example; imitate

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Endorse

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to support or sign

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Engender

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to give rise to; originate

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Enigmatic

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puzzling

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Entity

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a discrete unit or being

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Enumerate

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to state things in a list

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Ephemeral

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temporary

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Equivoval

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uncertain or ambiguous

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Erudite

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leaned; having great knowledge

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Esoteric

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understood by few; mysterious

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Espouse

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to choose to follow or support something

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Estimable

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admirable; deserving of esteem

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Euphemism

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an inoffensive expression substituted for one that is deemed offensive.

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Exacerbate

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to intensify bitterness or violence

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Excoriate

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to denounce

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Exculpate

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to remove blame

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Exhort

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to urge or try to persuade

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Exigent

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demanding immediate attention; urgent

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Expliacte

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to explain or make comprehensible

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Expunge

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to get rid of or erase

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Extant

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currently existing

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Extenuating

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partially justifiable

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Extol

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to praise or glorify

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Extricate

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to free or disentangle

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Exultant

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gleeful because of success

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Fallacy

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an error in reasoning

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Fathom

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to come to understand the meaing of something

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Fatuous

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foolish or delusice

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Feckless

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lacking in purpose; careless

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Feign

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to fabricate or decieve

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Feint

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deceptive, diversionary action

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Fidelity

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faithfulness or allegiance

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Florid

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flushed with color

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Foil

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to keep from being successful

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Foment

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to incite or agitate

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Forage

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to search for food or provisions

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Fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance

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Fracas

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a noisy fight; a brawl

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Gainsay

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to deny or contradict

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Garrison

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a military post

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Garrulous

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talkatice

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Genre

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type, category

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Glib

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seemingly slick and clever

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Gratuitous

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for no reason or at no cost

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Gregarious

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sociable; enjoying the company of others

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Grievous

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causing grief or pain

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Guile

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cunning; shrewdness

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Hackneyes

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unoriginal, overused

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Harrow

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to torment or cause suffering and agony

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Idiosyncrasy

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a peculiar characteristic

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Immutable

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not subject to change

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Impending

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threatening to occur

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Imperturable

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hard to excite or upset, very calm

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Impetus

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a stimulus encouraging a particular activity

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Implosion

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a violent, inward cllapse

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Inadvertent

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unintentional, often related to carelessness

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Inchoate

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poorly formed or formless

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Incongruous

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inconsistent, lacking in harmony

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Incorrigible

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impossible to change or reform

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Ingenuity

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cleverness or imagination

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Inimical

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harmful or unfriendly

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Innate

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a natural charcteristic

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Inscrutable

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difficult to understand

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Insinuate

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to imply

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Insipid

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dull

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Insular

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isolated, narrow-minded

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Integral

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necessary or essential

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Intercede

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to mediate

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Interpolate

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introduce between

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Intractable

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stubborn; difficult to manage

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Inundate

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to quickly overwhelm or exceed capacity

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Inure

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to cause to accept something that is undesirable

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Jovial

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full of joy; happiness

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Judicious

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sensible, having good judgment

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Juxtapose

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to place things next to each other in order to compare or contrast

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Keen

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sharp

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Kudos

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praise for achievements

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Lambasate

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to scold or criticize sharply

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Languish

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to exist in a dreadful or gloomy situation; to become weak

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Latter

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the second of two things mentioned; nearer to the end

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Laudable

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deserving praise; favorable

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Lavish

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elaborate and luxurious

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Listless

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characterized by a lack of energy

187
Q

Loathsome

A

offensive, disgusting

188
Q

Loquacious

A

very talkative or rambling

189
Q

Lucid

A

easily understood; clear

190
Q

Ludicrous

A

laughable or foolish

191
Q

Magnanimous

A

courageous, generous

192
Q

Mar

A

to inflict damage or blemishes on

193
Q

Mercurial

A

prone to sudden unpredictable change; volitile

194
Q

Meticulous

A

devoting a high amount of attention to detail

195
Q

Mettle

A

courage

196
Q

Miscreant

A

villain; evildoer

197
Q

Mitigate

A

causing something to be less intense, forceful, or harmful

198
Q

Mollify

A

to calm down or alleviate; to soften

199
Q

Munificence

A

the act of liberally giving

200
Q

Nascent

A

just beginning to exist

201
Q

Noxious

A

unwholesome or harmful

202
Q

Obdurate

A

firm, stubborn

203
Q

Obscurity

A

the condition of being unknown

204
Q

Onsolete

A

no longer in use

205
Q

Obtuse

A

blunt; slow-witted

206
Q

Obviate

A

to render unnecessary

207
Q

Odious

A

arousing or deserving strong hatred

208
Q

Onerous

A

very troublesome or oppressively difficult

209
Q

Ostracize

A

to eliminate from a group

210
Q

Paragon

A

an example of excellence

211
Q

Parse

A

to break down into components

212
Q

Pedantic

A

characterized by a narrow concern for detail

213
Q

Penchant

A

a tendency or fondness

214
Q

Perceive

A

to become aware of something

215
Q

Percolate

A

to slowly pass through

216
Q

Peripatetic

A

moving or traveling from place to place

217
Q

Periphery

A

outermost boundary of an area

218
Q

Perpetuate

A

to prolong the existence or idea of

219
Q

Pertinent

A

relevant or appropriate

220
Q

Peruse

A

to examine or review something

221
Q

Pervasive

A

capable of spreading or flowing througout

222
Q

Pith

A

significance, importance

223
Q

Placate

A

to calm

224
Q

Placid

A

calm or quiet

225
Q

Poignant

A

profoundly moving, incisive

226
Q

Postulate

A

to put forth or assert

227
Q

Pragmatic

A

practical

228
Q

Pracrious

A

in a dangerous state

229
Q

Precendent

A

an example or event that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

230
Q

Precept

A

a guiding rule or principle

231
Q

Precipitate

A

to cause something to happen very suddenly or prematurely

232
Q

Preclude

A

to prevent or make impossible

233
Q

Presage

A

an omen or other warning sign

234
Q

Prescience

A

foresight; the power to see the future

235
Q

Prevaricate

A

to lie

236
Q

Probity

A

integrity and uprightness

237
Q

Prodigal

A

wasteful; extravagent

238
Q

Profuse

A

plentiful or abundant

239
Q

Progeny

A

offspring or product

240
Q

Promulgate

A

to proclaim

241
Q

Propagate

A

to cause to multiply or spread

242
Q

Discombobulate

A

to confuse

243
Q

Protract

A

to lengthen or prolong

244
Q

Prowess

A

great skill or ability in something

245
Q

Prudish

A

exaggeratedly proper

246
Q

Quaff

A

to drink heartily

247
Q

Querulous

A

characterized by constant complaining or whining

248
Q

Quixotic

A

unpredictable and impractical

249
Q

Quotidian

A

ordinary

250
Q

Rancor

A

bitter resentment

251
Q

Recalcitrant

A

stubbornly resistant; defiant

252
Q

Recluse

A

someone who is withdrawn from society

253
Q

Recompense

A

payment in return for something

254
Q

Recondite

A

difficult to understand

255
Q

Refute

A

to prove to be false; to deny the truth of

256
Q

Relegate

A

to refer or assign to a particular place or category

257
Q

Renounce

A

break; reject

258
Q

Reparation

A

compensation given to make amends

259
Q

Reproach

A

to express disapproval

260
Q

Repudiate

A

to reject or refuse as valid

261
Q

Resolute

A

definite, determined

262
Q

Resonant

A

strong and deep; lasting

263
Q

Resplendent

A

dazzling or brillant in appearance

264
Q

Resurrect

A

to bring back to life

265
Q

Rhetoric

A

effective use of language

266
Q

Sage

A

one revered for experience and wisdom

267
Q

Sanctimonious

A

feigning piety or righteousness

268
Q

Sanction

A

authoritative permission

269
Q

Satirize

A

to insult using witty language

270
Q

Sedulous

A

persevering, industrious

271
Q

Solace

A

comfort, safety

272
Q

Solicitous

A

concerned; thoughtful

273
Q

Specious

A

appearing to be true or genuine but actually deceptive

274
Q

Squelch

A

to crush or silence

275
Q

Stanch

A

to stop or check the flow of

276
Q

Stint

A

a length of time spent in a particular way

277
Q

Stoic

A

indifferent or unaffected

278
Q

Subsume

A

to contain or include

279
Q

Subvert

A

to undermine, ruin, overthrow

280
Q

Surfeit

A

an overabundance or excess

281
Q

Tacit

A

using no words

282
Q

Temperance

A

moderation and self-restaint

283
Q

Tenusous

A

very thin or consisting of little substance

284
Q

Torport

A

state of physical or mental sluggishness

285
Q

Tout

A

to promote or solicit

286
Q

Tractable

A

easy to control or work with

287
Q

Transgress

A

to exceed or violate

288
Q

Transpose

A

to reverse the order of; interchange

289
Q

Unalloyed

A

pure; complete

290
Q

Unstinting

A

very generous; bestowed liberally

291
Q

Urbanity

A

refinement and elegance

292
Q

Vacillate

A

to swing or waver

293
Q

Variegated

A

having a variety of colors or marks

294
Q

Vehement

A

forceful; displaying extreme emotion

295
Q

Venal

A

corruptible, open to bribery

296
Q

Venerable

A

highly esteemed or respected

297
Q

Varacity

A

truthfulness

298
Q

Verbose

A

wordy

299
Q

Verisimilitude

A

the quality of appearing to be true or real

300
Q

Veritable

A

genuine or aithentic

301
Q

Vilify

A

to make negative statements about

302
Q

Vindicate

A

to clear someone or something from blame

303
Q

Vituperate

A

to criticize in an abusive way

304
Q

Voracious

A

excessively greedy; revenous

305
Q

Wane

A

to gradually decrease

306
Q

Whet

A

to sharpen or stimulate

307
Q

Wily

A

very sly, deceptive

308
Q

Xenophobic

A

distrust of strangers or foreign people

309
Q

Zealous

A

very passionate or enthusiastic

310
Q

Zenith

A

the peak point

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