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Lull

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verb to calm, or send to sleep

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Balloon

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verb, to inflate, swollen or expand.

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Stingy

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adj, parsimonious, ungenerous.

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Quack

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noun, a person who falsely claims having knowledge of topic, impostor.

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Fringe

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noun, a border or perimeter/ adj, not conventional or unorthodox/ verb, decorate with a border.

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Table

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noun, table/ verb, present a formal consideration at a meeting.

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Clumsy

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adj, awkward in movement, or uncoordinated.

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Ostracism

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noun, exclusion from a society of group.

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Ossified

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verb to make harder, to petrify.

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Uphold

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verb, confirm or support something that has been questioned.

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Cling

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verb, to hold on something, grasp something with strength.

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Aloof

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adj, unresponsive, distant, reserved, could also mean haughty.

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Detached

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adj, separate and disconnected, could mean impassive.

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Detachment

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noun, being objective or aloof.

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Resort

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verb, to take the course of an action to resolve something.

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Spurn

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verb, to reject with contempt or disdain.

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Verisimilar

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means having the appearance of truth; likely or probable.

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Shield

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verb, to protect from danger, noun, a protection, a shade.

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Gouge

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verb, the action of charging someone too much money for something, in a way that is dishonest or unfair.

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Rebuff

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verb to reject someone or something in an abrupt manner.

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Teetotalism

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the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks.

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Pester

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verb trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

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Bequest

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noun, legacy.

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Blaze

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verb burn.

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Assail
verb, make an attack on someone, assault.
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Subsume
verb include or absorb something.
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Dislodge
verb to take something by force, to remove something, displace.
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Avow
verb to assert or confess openly.
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Hoodwink
verb to deceive or trick someone, beguile.
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Turmoil
noun, a state of great disturbance, confusion.
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Squelch
verb, to squash.
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Eccentric
adj, (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
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Default
verb, failure to fulfil an obligation.
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Acquittal
noun, a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime.
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Scintillating
adj, sparkling or shining brightly.
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Tepid
adj, showing little enthusiasm.
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Radical
adj, total challenge especially of a view/ adj. a fundamental part of the nature or something.
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Redemption
noun the action of saving or being saved from sin, vindication.
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Perish
to die.
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Debunk
verb, expose the falseness of an idea or belief.
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Phoney
noun, a fraudulent person or thing.
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Commendatory
adj, serving as a eulogy to something or someone.
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Squat
verb, agacharse, adj, short and fat.
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Comeliness
adj, the quality of being good looking and attractive.
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Subside
verb, to become less intense, to diminish.
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Exhaustive
adj, including or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive.
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Treacherous
guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
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Procurement
noun, the action or occupation of acquiring.
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Pandemonium
noun, wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
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Expectant
adj, having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good.
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Inane
adj, lacking sense or meaning, silly, foolish.
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Tailor
verb, to adjust something to your favour, also to adjust cloth.
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Labile
adj, prone to change, easily altered, fickle.
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Deity
noun a god.
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Vindictive
adj, someone with a desire to get revenge.
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Meager
adj, scant, lacking in quantity or quality.
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Victor
noun, a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition.
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Clinch
verb to confirm or settle a contract or a bargain.
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Rave
verb to talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad/ noun an extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal.
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Chart
noun a table as in statistics, verb to trace something make a map.
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Peevish
adj malhumorado.
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Ethos
noun a principle or standard, a distinctive character.
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Hush
verb make (someone) be quiet or stop talking/ noun silence.
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Duplicitous
adj, deceitful.
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Enticing
as verb entice, adj attractive or tempting.
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Eloquent
adj, fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
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Ominous
adj, sinister.
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Chirpy
adj to describe someone lively.
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Inscrutable
adj, impossible to understand or interpret.
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Scotch
verb, to put an end to something.
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Foil
verb prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.
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Uncanny
adj, strange mysterious.
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Blasphemous
irrelevant.
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Profane
vulgar, could be irrelevant.
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Digress
verb to go out of topic and speak about anything else.
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Blunt
verb, to become less sharp, less intelligent and duller.
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Fastidiousness
means the quality of being very particular or meticulous, often to an excessive degree.
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Dispel
verb make a doubt or belief disappear, eliminate a belief.
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Parochial
adj to describe someone having a limited aspect or narrow minded.
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Bow
verb to pay respect or thank someone.
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Consign
verb to deliver something to someone.
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Largesse
adj, generosity.
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Prerogatives
noun a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class, advantage.
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Perquisites
noun a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one's job or position.
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Blissful
adj, extremely happy joy.
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Redundant
superfluous, more than necessary, spending a lot.
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Tenderness
adj, gentleness and kindness.
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Spite
noun, desire to hurt or annoy someone (resentful), verb to deliberately hurt or annoy someone.
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Dichotomy
noun a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
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Fusion
is to join, opposed to fission.
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Repress
verb to restrain prevent or restrict.
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Avert
to prevent something undesired.
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Delude
verb make (someone) believe something that is not true, to deceive.
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Abhor
verb to detest someone or something, hate.
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Taint
verb to contaminate or pollute.
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Doff
verb to remove an item especially of cloth.
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Offhand
adj, indifferent, improvised, unconcerned, not premeditated.
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Broach
verb, raise (a difficult subject) for discussion.
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Extant
adj, still in existence; surviving.
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Prophetic
adj, accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
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Deride
verb express contempt for; ridicule.
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Sparse
adj, something scant (little) or disperse (spread).
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Surfeit
noun, an excessive amount of something superfluous, verb: satiate because someone is full have an excessive food.
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Flounder
verb struggle with something, mentally or creating great confusion.
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Outrage
noun an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation/ verb arouse fierce anger, shock, or indignation in (someone).
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Chicanery
noun the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose.

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