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GIFTED

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Talented=skilled

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Monocular

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With one eye

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PING PONG BALL

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Light hollow balls used in tennis

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AD NAUSEAM

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TO NAUSEA

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SMOTHER

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SUFFOCATE

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CALL UPON (ON)

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PAY A VISIT TO SOMEONE
HE IS PLANNING TO CALL ON KATHERINE TODAY

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PASSIVELY

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in an accepting manner, without active response or resistance.
“we don’t have to sit passively by while others decide our fate”

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SCREW UP

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RUIN=wreck=destroy

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SANDPIPER

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BIRDS(small like sparrow)

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BY FAR

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BY A GREAT AMOUNT=MARKEDLY=undoubtedly

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HOLY SHIT

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VULGAR SLANG, EXPRESSION OF TERROR, SURPRISE
HOLY SHIT THAT CAR JUST EXPLODED

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MACBOOK

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APPLE LAPTOP

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OUT OF PRINT

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NO LONGER AVAILABLE

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SMUG

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having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
“he was feeling smug after his win”
SELF CONGRATULATORY=SELF SATISFIED

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COMPREHEND

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1)UNDERSTAND=GRASP
2)COMPRISE=INCLUDE

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POMPOUS ASS

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SELF IMPORTANT

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SWAG

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1)STYLIST CONFIDENCE
2)STOLEN GOODS

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CALLED FOR

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1)REQUIRE=NEED
2)PUBLICLY ASK FOR OR DEMAND SOMETHING

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UNCALLED FOR

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NOT SUMMONED OR INVITED

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VINDICTIVE

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VENGEFUL

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BRAG ABOUT

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BOASTFUL TALK,SHOW OF

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CORE

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BASIC,CENTRAL PART

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COUNT

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1)ADD UP,CHECK
2)INCLUDE,TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

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MULTIFACETED

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HAVING MANY SIDES

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MANIFOLDS
many and various. "the implications of this decision were manifold"
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DISSEMINATE
CIRCULATE,SPREAD,PROPAGATE
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PREEMPTIVELY
something is pre-emptive, it is done before other people can act, Tending to prevent
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SPIRITED
LIVELY,VIBRANT,VITAL,FULL OF LIFE,ANIMATED
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UNWHOLESOME
UNHEALTHY =NOXIOUS
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AVERSION
A STRONG DISLIKE = DISINCLINATION
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PALMETTO BUGS
COCKROACHES THE TERM PALMETTO BUG IS COMMONLY USED IN THE SOUTH EASTERN U.S, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA
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COCKTAIL
AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK CONSISTING OF A SPIRIT/SPIRITS MIXED WITH OTHER INGRIDIENTS SUCH AS FRUIT JUICE OR CREAM
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SCOFF
MOCK=RIDICULE
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TALLAHASSEE
CAPITAL OF FLORIDA(STATE)
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RANCH
A LARGE FARM ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AMERICA OR AUSTRALIA, WHERE CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS ARE BRED
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PULL A STUNT
DO SOMETHING FOOLISH OR DANGEROUS
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CHARADE
PANTOMIME,DECEPTION,IMITATION,MIMICRY,pretension
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GOT HOOKED
ADDICTED A GIRL WHO GOT HOOKED ON COCAINE
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PRESUMPTIVE
HYPOTHETICAL THEORETICAL UNPROVEN UNCONFIRMED
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DISINGENUOUS
DISHONEST DECEITFUL
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GLOAT
dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. "his enemies gloated over his death" DELIGHT IN RELISH
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MURMURING
a low or indistinct continuous sound. "the murmuring of the River Derwent"
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LAWSUIT
LEGAL ACTION SUIT CASE
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TESTIMONY
a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law. "the testimony of an eyewitness" EVIDENCE AFFIDAVIT STATEMENT
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RECALL
1)REMEMBER THINK OF RECOLLECT 2)CALL BACK BRING BACK
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Coerce
PRESSURE PRESSURISE
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CONQUEST
DEFEAT BEATING CONQUERING
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REFUTE
prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove DISPROVE CONTRADICT
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INSINUATION
an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad. "I've done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations" IMPLICATIONS
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TURN DOWN
1)REDUCE,LOWER 2)REJECT
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RESENTFUL
FEELING OR EXPRESSING BITTERNESS AT HAVING BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY
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SULLEN
BAD TEMPERED AND SULKY, POUTING, RESENTFUL,MOODY
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TRIPPED
1)STUMBLE 2)SLIP,SKIP,HOP
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OVER YOUR HEAD
DIFFICULT COMPLEX BEWILDERING (CONFUSING)
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CREAM OF THE CROP
BEST OF ITS KIND
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SITCOMS
A SITUATION COMEDY
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CRUMMY
DIRTY UNPLEASANT OR OF POOR QUALITY
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DEVIOUS
DISHONEST DISHONOURABLE
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CLUELESS
UNAWARE IGNORANT
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GRUNT
CRY SQUEAK HOWL SNORT COMPLAINT GROAN
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MELT DOWN
1)melt a metal article 2)COLLAPSE OR BREAK DOWN DISASTROUSLY MANY EXPECTED HIM TO MELT DOWN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE
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DAWNED(of a day)
1)BREAK OPEN BEGIN 2)COME TO OCCUR TO The awful truth beginning to dawn on him
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POSTMORTEM
TO EXAMINE THE DEAD BODY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH
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THINK THROUGH
TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OR EFFECTS OF(something)FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
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PRODIGY
A YOUNG PERSON WITH EXCEPTIONAL QUALITIES OR ABILITIES
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VIVIDLY
IN A WAY THAT PRODUCES POWERFUL FEELINGS OR STRONG CLEAR IMAGES IN THE MIND

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