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ensconce

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to settle securely or comfortably

to put in a hiding place

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denounce

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express public or formal disapproval of

to declare to be morally wrong

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renounce

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to give up, refuse or resign by formal declaration

to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further

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farce

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broadly satirical comedy

ridiculous or empty show

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coerce

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to achieve by force or threat

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acquiesce

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to accept, comply or submit tacitly or passively

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coalesce

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to unite into a whole: fuse

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convalesce

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to recover health and strength gradually

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effervesce

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to bubble, hiss and foam as gas escapes

to show high spirits or animation

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seduce

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to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty

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truce

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a suspension of fighting

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barricade

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an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage

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renegade

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one who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another

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stockade

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enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

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accolade

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approval

to praise or honor

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charade

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a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

a game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime

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abrade

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wear away especially by friction; wear down spiritually

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masquerade

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a display of emotion or behavior that is in insincere or intended to deceive

to disguise oneself

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retrograde

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moving or tending backward

to decline to a worse condition

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tirade

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a long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe

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dissuade

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to deter from a course of action or a purpose by persuasion or exhortation

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pervade

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to be present throughout; permeate

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cede

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to surrender possession of

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accede

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approval or give consent

to come into an office or dignity

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concede
to grant as a right or privilege to cease resistance
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chide
to scold mildly
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bromide
a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion
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deride
to speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth
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stride
move with long steps
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subside
to tend downward
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decode
to change into ordinary language to have a clear idea of
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implode
to collapse inward
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discommode
to cause inconvenience to; trouble
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erode
to consume or wear away gradually
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preclude
to make impossible, as by action taken in advance to exclude or prevent from a given condition or activity
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allude
to convey an idea indirectly
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collude
to act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal or deceitful purpose; conspire
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denude
make bare, to divest of covering
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prude
a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters
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protrude
to jut out, project; bulge
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solitude
being alone or remote from society
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turpitude
inherent baseness: depravity
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pulchritude
great physical beauty and appeal
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lassitude
feeling diminished energy or listlessness
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vicissitude
natural change or mutation visible
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latitude
freedom from normal restraints
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platitude
a trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant
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rectitude
being straight; moral integrity
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exude
flow forth slowly through small openings
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repartee
a quick witty response good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks
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fail-safe
a measure taken to preclude loss or injury have no chance of failure
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gaffe
a social or diplomatic blunder a blatant mistake or misjudgment
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rife
possessing or covered with great numbers of something specified
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disengage
set free from entanglement
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persiflage
good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks
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camouflage
behavior or artifice designed to deceive or hide
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homage
high regard; respect
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badinage
playful repartee, banter
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rage
violent anger
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disparage
to lower in rank or reputation; to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle
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mirage
something illusory and unattainable like a mirage
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barrage
a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of friendly troops to protect them an overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
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sage
one distinguished for wisdom
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presage
a sign or warning of a future event to foretell or predict
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montage
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
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sabotage
treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor to practice sabotage on
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assuage
to lessen the intensity of to pacify or calm to put an end to by satisfying
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salvage
to save from loss or destruction
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cadge
to beg, sponge
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dodge
to avoid
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hodgepodge
a mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble
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budge
to alter a position or attitude to cease resistance
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nudge
to seek the attention of by a push of the elbow to try to persuade through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
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trudge
to move heavily or clumsily
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sacrilege
desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred
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vestige
the smallest quantity or trace
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prestige
the level of respect at which one is regarded by others
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bulge
a protuberant or swollen part or place more favorable condition or position in a competition a sudden, usually temporary increase in number to be copiously supplied
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divulge
to make known (as a confidence or secret)
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estrange
to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
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fringe
a border or edging to be adjacent to
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constringe
to make narrow or draw together
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singe
to burn superficially or lightly
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tinge
to color with a slight shade or stain: tint
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plunge
to descend or dip suddenly to cause to penetrate or enter quickly
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surcharge
to charge too much
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discharge
to dismiss from employment to set free a freeing from an obligation or responsibility
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diverge
to change course or direction to move in different directions from a central point to become different in character or form: differ in opinion to depart from a set course or nom; deviate
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dirge
a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music
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forge
to make or imitate falsely with intent to defraude to form by or as if by heating and hammering
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gorge
a narrow steep-walled canyon to eat greedily or to repletion
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disgorge
to discharge by the throat and mouth; vomit to give up on request or under pressure
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gauge
a measurement according to some standard to determine the capacity or contents of

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