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refurbish

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renovate; make bright by polishing

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quotidian

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commonplace; ordinary

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responsiveness

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state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

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sanguine

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cheerful; hopeful

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skittish

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nervous and easily frightened; jumpy

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steadfast

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loyal; unswerving

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supercilious

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arrogant; condescending; patronizing

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terminus

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last stop of railroad

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trite

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hackneyed; commonplace

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untenable

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indefensible; not able to be maintained

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vogue

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popular fashion

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accede

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agree

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ambivalence

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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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ascertain

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find out for certain

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boan

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lament; express disapproval of

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butte

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isolated hill or mountain with steep sides on a large plain

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cipher

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nonentity; worthless person or thing

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confidant

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trusted friend

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convoluted

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coiled around; involved; intricate

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decrepit

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worn out by age

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desultory

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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

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disproportionate

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too great or too small when compared to something else; unbalanced

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elicit

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draw out by discussion

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament; composure

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expostulate

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to express disagreement or complaint; to argue earnestly with someone

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filament

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fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a light bulb

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frugal

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penny-pinching; stingy; careful with money

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gruel

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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc, in milk or water

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immaterial

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not likely to make a difference; irrelevant

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impunity

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freedom from punishment or harm

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ineradicable

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not able to be removed; impossible to wipe out of existence, memory

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interment

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burial

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laceration

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torn, ragged wound

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lull

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soothe; cause one to relax one’s guard; subside

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mesmerize

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hypnotize

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muster

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to collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination

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obtrude

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push (oneself or one’s ideas) forward or intrude; butt in;stick out or extrude

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oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which two contradictory words are used together in a phrase; two words used together which have, or seem to have, opposite meanings

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peremptory

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demanding and leaving no choice

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placate

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pacify; conciliate

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prelate

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church dignitary

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propulsive

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driving forward

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rabid

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like a fanatic; furious

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regurgitate

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to cause to surge or rush back, vomit

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restitution

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reparation; indemnification

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sap

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diminish; undermine

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slander

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defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

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stem

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check the flow

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superimpose

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place over something else

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terse

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concise; abrupt; pithy