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a thing, usually an image, that is worshiped; a person or thing that is loved very much

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IDOL

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jest

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joke; fun; mockery; thing to be laughed at; to joke; poke fun

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loving one’s country; showing love and loyal support for one’s country

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PATRIOTIC

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dispute

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DISAGREE/OPPOSE/ TRY TO WIN/ A DEBATE OR DISAGREEMENT

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VALOR

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BRAVERY/COURAGE

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not doing anything; not busy; lazy; without any good reason or cause; to waste (time)

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IDLE

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CONFINE

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keep in; hold in

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one who travels regularly, especially over a considerable distance, between home and work

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COMMUTER

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without important or striking happenings

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UNEVENTFUL

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bearing seeds or fruit; producing much of anything

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. fertile`

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mood; a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart; a crack or seam in a rock filled with a different mineral

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VEIN

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crazy person; insane; extremely foolish

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LUNATIC

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hand over; send, direct, or turn for information, help, or action; (refer to) direct attention to or speak about; assign to or think of as caused by

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REFER

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DIMINISH

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make or become smaller in size, amount or importance

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greatest amount; greatest possible

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MAXIMUM

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FLEE

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RUN AWAY/ GO QUICKLY

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MYTHOLOGY

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legends or stories that usually attempt to explain something in nature

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mean; be a sign of; make known by signs, words, or actions; have importance

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SIGNIFY

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capable of being injured; open to attack, sensitive to criticism, influences, etc.

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VULNERABLE

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cause very great pain to; worry or annoy very much; cause of very great pain; very great pain

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TORMENT

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associate; fellow worker

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COLLEAGUE

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faithfulness to a person, government, idea, custom, or the like

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LAYALTY

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to supply; to state as a condition; to prepare for or against some situation

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PROVIDE

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DISTRESS

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great pain or sorrow; misfortune; dangerous or difficult situation; to cause pain or make unhappy

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make bad use of; use wrongly; treat badly; scold very severely; bad or wrong use; bad treatment

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ABUSE

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WITTY

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CLEVERLY AMUSING

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HOLD BACK/ MAKE HARD TO DO

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HINDER

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merry; full of fun

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JOLLY

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having a high pitch; high and sharp in sound; piercing

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SHRILL

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an opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly; to harm or injure

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prejudice

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person who enters any service of his or her own free will; to offer one’s services

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VOLUNTEER

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keep; remember; employ by payment of a fee

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RETAIN

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small, soft mass; to roll or crush into a small mass

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WAD

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SILENT/ UNABLE TO SPEAK

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MUTE

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speak indistinctly

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MUMBLE

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speech or planned talk; a scolding; to scold

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LECTURE

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Used to describe objects or decorations that are beautiful rather than useful. Serving as a decoration or adornment.

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ORNAMENTAL

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Having many small parts or details that are carefully arranged or combined. Difficult to understand or deal with because of complexity.

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intricate

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Impossible or very difficult to read or understand.

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Indecipherable

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To try or test something new or different in order to see what results it produces.

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experiment with

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adhere to

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To act in accordance with or follow a rule, principle, agreement, or belief.

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improve on

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To make something better than before or enhance its quality, performance, or value.

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Grapple with

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To struggle with or try to overcome a difficult problem or situation.

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1. Not familiar or recognized; not known or identified. 2. Not established or determined; uncertain

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unknown

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Complementary

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Combining well together and enhancing each other's qualities. Providing something that is lacking or needed to complete or improve a whole.

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regret

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To feel sadness, remorse, or disappointment about something that happened or that you did. To wish that a particular situation had not happened or that you had not done something

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To ask for information or seek clarification about something. To express doubt or uncertainty about something

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question

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To plan or scheme cleverly and skillfully To create or bring about by deliberate planning or inventiveness.

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contrive

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To guess or speculate about something without having all the information or evidence To form an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete or uncertain evidence

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surmise

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disparate

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Fundamentally different or distinct in nature, kind, or quality