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Debilitate

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Make someone very weak

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Enhance

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To improve; to instensify

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Suppress

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Forcibly put an end to; prevent the development of an action or expression

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Eliminate

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Completely remove or get rid of something

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Disregard

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Pay no attention to; ignore

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Diminish

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Make or become less

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Comprehensive

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Covering or involving much; inclusive

Understanding with ones mind

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Predictable

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Able to be foretold or declared in advance

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Disparage

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To speak of or to treat slightingly; disparaged; disappearing

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Reinforce

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To strengthen with some added support or material

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Convolute

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To coil up; form into a twisted shape

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Partisan

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An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or a cause

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Advantageous

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Providing an advantage; profitable; useful; beneficial

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Anticipate

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To expect; look forward to

To realize beforehand

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Endorse

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sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.

To declare ones approval or support of

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Prosperity

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A successful, flourishing, or thriving condition especially in financial respects; good forturne

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Mundane

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Common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative

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Dubious

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Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

Of uncertain outcome

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Astute

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Clever, cunning; having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to ones advantage.

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Intricate

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Complex; highly detailed; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make

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Reticent

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Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily

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Capricious

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Fickle; unstable; sudden changes of mood or behaviour

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Conciliatory

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Intended or likely to placate ( make someone les angry or hostile); to make compatible

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Supplant
To replace one thing by something else through force, scheming, strategy
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Distort
Pull or twist out of shape; give a misleading or false account or impression of
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Condone
To disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like)
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Deride
To put down with contemptuous jeering
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Augment
To make larger; engage in size, number, strength, or extent; increase.
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Censure
Strong expression of disapproval
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Embellish
To beautify by ornamentation
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Rouse
To bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression To stir or incite (urge/encourage) to strong indignation or anger
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Encompass
To form a circle about; encircle; surround
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Autonomy
Independence or freedom A self governed community
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Dearth
A scarcity or shortage of something
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Hostility
A hostile state; unfriendly, cold
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Penchant
A strong inclination, taste, or liking for something
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Articulate
Capable of speech; using language easily and fluently Expressed; made clear of
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Derivative
Not original; secondary | Imitative of the work of anything writer, artist etc and usually disapproved of for that reason
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Candid
Frank; outspoken; open and sincere | Straightforward
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Demonstrative
Serving as conclusive evidence of something | Of a person) unrestrained in showing feelings, especially those of affection (expressive, open, forthcoming
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Prosaic
To commonplace or dull; unimaginative
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Aesthetic
Relating to the nature of beauty, art, and taste; having a sense of what is beautiful attractive, or pleasing
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Negligible
So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant
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Superficial
Shallow; lacking in depth Concerned with surface appearances
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Benign
Showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness
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Scruntitize
(Used with object) to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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Momentous
Filled with great importance; very significant
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Beneficial
Resulting in good; favourable or advantageous
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Ostentatious
Boastful; pretentious; characterised by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others
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Sustain
To support, hold, or beat up from below
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Embrace
To take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly
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Alleviate
To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate
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Englighten
Give (someone) greater knowledge and understand about a subject or situation
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Threaten
Menacing; to be a menace or source of danger to
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Establish
Set up on a firm or permanent basis
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Stimulate
To rouse to action or effort as by encouragement or pressure
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Display
To show or exhibit; make visible
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Extol
To applaud, praise
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Belie
To prove to be false; fail to give a true impression of something Contradict
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Endure
Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently
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Extend
To stretch out; to increase the length or duration of
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Mitigate
To relieve; lessen in force or intensity
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Evade
To escape from by trickery or cleverness
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Eradicate
To remove or destroy utterly
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Impugn
To challenge as false (another's statements, motives. Etc) cast doubt upon
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Intuition
The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning
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Misconception
An erroneous conception; a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding
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Paradox
A contradicting statement that expresses a truth
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Cosmopolitan
Worldly; sophisticated
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Deliberation
Careful consideration before decision; slowness; leisureliness of movement or action
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Profundity
Great depth of insight or knowledge; wisdom; intelligence
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Modicum
A moderate or small amount
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Digression
A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
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Recrimination
An accusation in response to one From someone else
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Tenacity
Great determination
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Bolster
To support or strengthen Any pillow, cushion, or pad
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Debacle
A complete failure
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Ornate
Elaborately or highly decorated
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Conditional
Depending on a condition or conditions; made on certain terms
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Pertinent
Relevant or applicable to a particular matter
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Curative
Able to cure diseases
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Callous
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
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Docile
Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
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Adept
Very skilled or proficient at something; accomplished
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Pervasive
Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people ( especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect)
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Placid
Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; undisturbed
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Cerebral
Intellectual rather than emotional; appealing to or requiring the use of the intellect
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Ambivalent
Mixed feelings
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Prohibitive
Forbidding or restricting something ( of a law or rule) (Of a price or charge) so high as to prevent something being done or bought
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Pragmatic
Practical; sensible
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Eccentric
An odd, unconventional person
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Catastrophic
Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand; obscure
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Obscure
Not discovered or known about; uncertain Not clearly expressed or easily understood
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Tranquil
Free from disturbance; calm
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Sufficient
Enough; adequate
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Surreptitious
Some or acting in a secret, sly manner
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Loquacious
Tending to talk a great deal; talkative
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Divisive
Tending to cause a disagreement or hostility between people

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