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Censor

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Authority, for example government, Go through material to review and may decide to block
Check for bad things

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Adhesive

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Adj That Stick to

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Ail

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Trouble in mind or body

Example:
Exercise will help to reduce whatever ails you

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Detrimental

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Tending to cause harm

Ex: release the document would be detrimental

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Distort

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  1. pull or twist out of shape

2. Gives a misleading account or impression

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Egotist

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A person that’s excessively conceived or self

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Eradicate

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Destroy completely, put an end to it: this disease has been eradicate from the world

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Feisty

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(Of a person, especially if he looks small or week) Lively, determined,courageous : a feisty heroine is not a just a pretty face

Aggressive and touchy: he got a little feisty and try to hit me

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Idealism

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The practice of pursuing ideas especially unrealistically

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Hideous

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Ugly or disgust to look at

Extremely unpleasant

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Integrity

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The quality of being honest and having strong principle

The state of being whole : protect territory integrity

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Pact

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A formal agreement between individual and parties

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Paltry

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A small amount

Petty or trivial

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Rendezvous

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A meeting at agree time and place between people
A place that used for rendezvous
A restaurant or bar that’s popular for meeting

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Somber

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Dark or dull in color or tone

Oppressively solemn or sober in mood

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Abhor

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Regards With disgust and hatred

Professional tax preparers abhor flat tax because that dry up their business

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Accord

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V: give or grant someone( power, status)
(Accord with) agree with
N: an official agreement or treaty

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Akin

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Something with similar character: something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her
Related by blood

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Ambiguous

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(Of language) open to more that one interpretation, have double meaning
Unclear because the choice between alternatives has not been made

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed or contradict feeling about someone or something

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Amorphous

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Without a clear defined shape or form

Uncleared, lack or structure etc

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Anguish

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Noun Sever mental pain or suffering

Verb extremely distressed by

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Animosity

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Strong hostility

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Annex

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Append or Add as an extra part or subordinate

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Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal realm instead of reasoning or system
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Aspiration
The hoe or ambition of achieving something (Medical) the action or process of drawing breath
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Barrage
A concentrated bombarding of a wide area; An concentrated outpouring of question or blows Verb: bombard someone with somthing
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Bastion
1 : a projecting part of a fortification 2 : a fortified area or position 3 : stronghold
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Benign
adjective 1. having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king. 2. showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile. 3. favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
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Biased
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something
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Brash
brash[ brash ] adjective 1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man. 2. hasty; rash; impetuous. 3. energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.
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Brazen
Boldly or without shame | Chiefly made of brass
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Candid
Truthful and straightforward or frank | A photograph of a person especially without the subjects knowledge
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Exalt
Hold in very high regards, speak high of | Make noble character, dignify
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Exemplify
Be a typical example of | Make attested copy under official seal
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Flaccid
1. soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps. 2. lacking force; weak: flaccid prose. 3. plant leave hang loosely because of lack of water
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Foolhardy
Reckless and rash | Ex it would be foolhardy to go into scheme without support
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Homely
Unattractive in appearance. | Simple, cozy, unpolished as in home
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Immaculate
Perfect, free from mistake Uniformly colored Free from sin(church)
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Ingenuity
The quality of being clever, creative, inventive
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Insolent
Showing a rude and arrogant attitude, lack of respect
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Integrate
Combine with another to form a whole piece
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Inundate
Overwhelmed with things or people to deal with | Flood
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Irate
Feeling or characterized by great anger
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Jeer
Making rude or mocking remarks | Noun, rude or mocking remarks
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Jest
Joke, things said and done for amusement. | Make a joke
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Lament
Mourn | A passionate express of grieve or sorrow
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Lucrative
Producing a great deal of profit
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Menace
V: threat or danger N: threat, a thing or person that easy to cause harm
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Mystify
Making obscure and mysterious
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Nostalgic
Those who like to go back to past
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Obstinate
Hard to be changed, stubburn
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Overt
Done or show openly
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Pervasive
(Especially unwelcome effect or influence) spreading out widely in a group or community
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Pessimistic
Tend to the worst of things or believe the worst will happen
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Petty
Of little importance trivial
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Pinnacle
A pointy piece or rock
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Glean
Extract from various source | Gather (after gain harvest) leftover
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Haphazard
Lack any kind of principal of organization, messily arranged
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Plausible
(In an argument) seeming reasonable and probable | A person is good at making persuasive argument
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Porous
(Of rock or other material) has a minute space or hole | Not secure, easy to lose
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Pristine
In it's original condition, unspoiled

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