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relentless

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unceasingly intense

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resentment

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bitterness

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reluctant

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unwilling

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slight (1 & 2)

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small + insult / affront

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withering

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contemptuous

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disdain

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contempt / scorn

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forthwith

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right away / immediately

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scathing

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scornful / contemptuous

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felicitious

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apt / appropriate / well suited

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pertain

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appropriate

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pertinent

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relevent / felicitious

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hobble (1 & 2)

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walk in an awkward way typically due to an injury / crippled + tie or strap together to not allow movement / to prevent from doing something

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illusory

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based on illusion

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understate (1 & 2)

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describe someone (or something) as less important than that of actually he (or it) is + present in a subtle and effective way

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understated

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presented in a subtle and effective way

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groan

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deep sound of pain

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absolve

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The definition of absolve is to be forgiven for your sins or to be set free of all of the legal or moral consequences of your actions.

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spurious

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bullshit / fake / bogus

{puke}

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germane

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relevent

{german}

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decry

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denounce / condemn

{de-cry}

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abrogate

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repeal / renounce / revoke

{ae-bro-gate}

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relinquish

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renounce / give up / cede

{quish}

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abdicate

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renounce one’s thrown

{ab(de-) + dicate(dictate)}

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coruscating (1 & 2)

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extremely bright and shinning + severely critical / blistering / scathing
{~curse}

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snub

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insult / ignore / spurn disdainfully / affront

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rebuff

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reject in an abrupt or ungracious manner

{~arey + bhaggg (bffff)}

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hew

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The definition of hew is to chop, cut or shape something

{~chew}

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transmute

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to change from one form, species, condition, nature, or substance into another; transform; convert
{cis trans + mutation}

29
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contrivance

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scheme / artifice

30
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canard

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false / misleading story

{can + hardly + happen}}

31
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sordid

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dirty / squalid / distatsteful

{sore + deed}

32
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squalid

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very dirty, foul or conditions that are unsanitary and unhealthy
{squashed lid}

33
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commensurate

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equal /proportionate

{co-mensuration}

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beholden

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obliged / bounded / indebted / obligated

{be+holden}

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*subterfuge

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deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal./ trickery / deceit
{subtle refuge}

36
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calumny

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slander / character assassination

{kala money}

37
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espionage

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spying / survellience / ninjutsu

{~spy}

38
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formost

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prominent / premier

{for-most}

39
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*sedulous

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showing dedication and diligence / diligent / careful / meticulous
{to seduce a women, one must be persistent and careful}

40
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*incorrigible

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inveterate / habitual / chronic

{in-correctable}

41
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inexorable

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relentless / unstopabble

{in-ehaustable}

42
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barb (1 & 2)

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very strong insult or criticism + sharp/pointed/needle like
{barb-e-que -> on a sharp stick}
{barber -> has pointed ustara and scissors}

43
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mawkish

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something that smells a bit sickly, or is something that is overly sentimental in a way that kind of makes you feel sick
{maa + kiss}

44
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draconian

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harsh / severe

{dracula}

45
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inclement

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cold , wet and unpleasant weather / behaviour

{clemency = mercy ; inclement = merciless weather / cold attitude / bitter / chilly attitude }

46
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sweltering

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very hot and humid weather

{sweating}

47
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trepidation

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fear / anxiety

{trapped in}

48
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intrepid

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fearless

{in(not)- trepid}

49
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verisimilitude

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looking so real and true

{very + similar + to + true}

50
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timeliness

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the fact or quality of being done or occurring at a favourable or useful time
{quality of being at timely}

51
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fall prey to (idiom)

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to become victim of something

{fall(girna) + prey(shikar) + to}

52
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hamstrung

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crippled

53
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puritan

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person with moral beliefs. Especially about self indulgence and against adultery. / moralist / prude /victorian
{pure}

54
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ascetic

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characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
{cut all the aestherics}

55
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austere

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severe or strict in manner or attitude. / having no comforts or luxuries.

56
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self-denying

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characterized by or involving the denial of one’s own interests and needs. / austere
{to deny oneself for the desires}

57
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teetotaller

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person who never drinks alcohol / abstainer

{one who totally drinks tea and not alcohol}

58
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rabble

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disorderly crowd / mob

{~rebels}

59
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*censure

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express severe disapproval / condemn / criticize

60
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rabble-rousing

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encourage people for violence for one’s own political benefit
{rebelion + arousing}

61
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philanderer

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libertine / womenizer / adulterer
{phir + he + landed + on + her}
{phil(love <= phillic) + wanderer}

62
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behoove

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it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something./ it is appropriate or suitable; it befits. / befit / suit
[ ill behoove – does not suits ]
{~behave -> one must behave aptly}

63
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hedonist

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womenizer

{he + don + is -> criminals do are indulged in womanizing}

64
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libertine

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playboy / a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
{liberal + teen -> today, for teens, liberty is all about drinking, adulterying and drugs}

65
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non-partisan

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not biased or partisan, especially towards any particular political group
{from none + party}

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