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1
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Ire

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Anger

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Advocacy

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Public support for or recommendation o a particle cause or policy

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Halo

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A ring over a head

Also known as nimbus

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Raison d’ etre

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The most impt reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence

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Venture capital investments

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Money provided by investors to startup firms and small businesses with perceived long term growth potential

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Bravura

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Great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity

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Misguided

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Based or acting on error ; mislead

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Lull

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Calm or send to sleep

Quiet time.

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Searing

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Extremely hot or intense

Severely critical

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Peevish

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Easily irritated , esp of unimportant things

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Bandy

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Pass on or discuss an idea of rumor in a casual or informed way

40,000 is the figure that has been bandied about

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Aerate

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Introduce air into a material

She would aerate the lawn with high heels

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Vow

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A promise

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Accoutrement

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Additional items of dress if equipment.

Larry king……a collection of of features and accoutrements ( suspenders, glasses) ,

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Acolyte

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A person assisting the celebrant in a religious service procession

An assistant or follower

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Malarkey

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Nonsense talk

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Ominous

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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening, inauspicious

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success ; favorable

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Ably

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Skillfully ; competently

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Nary

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Informal or dialect form of not
Not one
Not any
Not a single

I was young with nary a penny to my name

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Spur

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Urge
Promote
Stimulate

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Smelt

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To fuse or melt ore in order go separate the metal contained

Noun. Could be a type of fish

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Wholly

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Entirely ; fully

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Gaudy

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Showy, cheaply showy ,

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Entrepots

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An intermediary center of trade and transshipment

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Veneer

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A thin decorative covering, cover

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Languish

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Weaken deteriorate , decline

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Counterblast

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An unrestrained and vigorously powerful response to an attacking statement

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Shunts

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Push or pull ( strain) from the main line to a siding or from one track to another

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Gadfly

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A fly that bite livestock

An annoying person

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Trawl

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To fish with a net or seine/dragnet

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Pigeonhole

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Categorize , compartmentalize

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Anew

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In a new or different, typically ore positive way

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Chelation

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Medical treatment involving the remove all of heavy metals from the blood

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Trinket

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A small ornament or item of jewelry that is of little value

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36
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Culvert

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A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway

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Hodgepodge

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A confused mixture

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Busk

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To entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on be street or in a public place

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Cognoscenti

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People who are considered to be especially well informed about a particular subject

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Sabre

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A heavy Calvary sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge

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Fraught

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Causing or affected by great anxiety or stress

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Folly

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Lack of good sense, foolishness

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House of cards

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An organization or a plan that is very weak and can easily be destroyed

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44
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Affirmation

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Emotional support or encouragement

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45
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Disseminate

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Spread or disperse ( something, esp. Info) widely

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46
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Spitake

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Comedy routine involved in spitting one someone

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47
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Ablution

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The act of washing oneself ( often used for humorously formal effect)

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Creten

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Someone that does shady, sneaky things

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49
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Bulrushes

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Tall grass
Catails
Near a lake/ pond

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Malarkey

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Meaningless talk; nonsense

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Precarious

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Not securely held or in position ; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

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52
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Cavalier

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Showing a lack of proper concern; offhand , indifferent, casual, dismissive, insouciant, unconcerned

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A posteriori

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Relating to what can be known by observation rather than through an understanding of how certain tho gas work
Inductive

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A priori

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Relating to what can be known through an understanding of how certain things work rather than by observation.

Deductive

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Desultory

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Lacking a plan , purpose or enthusiasm

Casual, cursory , superficial, lukewarm

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Cursory

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Hasty and therefore not through or detailed

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57
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Countenance

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A person’s face or facial expression

Support

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58
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Pestilence

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A fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague

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Scriptural

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Of , form, or relating to the Bible

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Strew

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Scatter or spread ( things) untidily over a surface of area

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Rescind

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Revoke, cancel or repeal

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62
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Expunge

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Erase or remove completely

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63
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Revulsion

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A sense of disgust and loathing

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64
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Isles of Langerhans

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Region of the pancreas that contain its endocrine ( hormone producing) cells

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Souk

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A marketplace in Northern Africa or the Middle East

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66
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Rorschach test

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Inkblot test

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67
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Incipient

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In an initial stage. Beginning to happen or develop

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Assent

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The expression of approval or agreement

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Naïveté

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Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement

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Coeval

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A person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary

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Mephistopheles

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Demon in German folklore. Since had appeared in other world as a stock character

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72
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Ally

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To join with another person, group, etc.

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73
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Transvestism

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Crossdressing for psychological satisfaction

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Flotilla

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A fleet of ships of boats

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75
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Sluicing

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In syntax a type of ellipses

A sliding fate or other device for controlling the flow of water esp in a lock gate

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Bureaucracy

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A system of gov I. Which mosh of the impt decisions are made by state officials rather than by Levites representatives

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Ensign.

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A commanding officer of he lowest rank o. The U.S. navy and Coast Guard

A flag or standard esp medicating nationality

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Greenback

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A dollar bill

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Explicate

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Analyze and develop ( an idea or principle) in detail

Explain, make clear, make explicit, clarify, untangle, make plain/clear,

Attempting to explicate re relationship between crime and economic forces.

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Proust

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French writer In Search of List Time

1871-1922

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Duplicity

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Dishonest behavior that is meant to trick someone

82
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Awash

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Covered or flooded with water esp sweater or rain

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Fodder

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Food given to horses, cows, etc.

Material that is used for a particular purpose

Black Pete is fodder in a pitched culture war within Dutch society …..

84
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Statins

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Cholesterol reducing medication

85
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Stent

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Small mesh tube used to treat narrow or weak arteries

86
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Condemnation

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To express strong disapproval, censure

Vilification, denunciation, strictures

87
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Injunction

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An authoritative warning

or ruling

88
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Ham-fisted

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Awkward, clumsy

89
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Ephemeral

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Lasting only a short time

90
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Dirge

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A lament for the dead , esp one forming part of the funeral rite

91
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Reel

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Stagger or lurch violently as a result of loosing one’s balance

Totter, wobble, falter, stumbler, sway, rock, lurch

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Deaden

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Make a noise or sensation less severe

Deprive if force, power, vitality

93
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Swath

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A row or line of grass, or other crop as it lies when mown or reaped

A broad strip or area of something

94
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Reprisal

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Act of retaliation

95
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Proceeds

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Money obtained from an event or activity

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Stanch

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Stop or restrict ( a flow of book) from a wound

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Spate

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A large number of similar things or events appearing of occurring in quick succession

British- a sudden flood in a river esp faded by heavy rains

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Prompt

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Of an event if fact cause or bring about

Produce, engender, precipitate, trigger, induce

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Covet

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Yearn to have of possess

Crave, desire

100
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Pit

Verb

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Set someone or something in conflict or competition with

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Gherkin

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A small variety of cucumber

102
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Squall

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A sudden violent gust of wind or a localized storm, esp one bringing rain, snow, sleet

103
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Sarcophagus

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A stone coffin

104
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Hearth

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The area in front of a fireplace

105
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Derelict

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In a poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect

106
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Underfoot

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N the ground; under one ‘s foot; underneath

107
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Leadlight

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Decorative windows made of small sections

108
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Flouncy

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To move with exaggerated jerky motion

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Truss

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A special belt worn by someone who has a hernia

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Stolid

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Showing little or no emotion ; not easily excited or upset

111
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Aughts

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The first decade of a century

1900-1909
2000-2009

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Scrum

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Brief and disorderly struggle or fight; tightly packed

A play position referred to in the game of Rugby

113
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Cretin

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A stupid person

A person who is deformed or mentally handicapped b- c of congenital thyroid deficiency

114
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Deluge

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A sever flood; inundate with a great quantity of something

115
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Corollary

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A proposition that follows ( and is often appended to) one already proved

A direct or natural consequence of result

The huge increase in unemotment were the corollary of expenditure cuts

Consequences, result, upshot, repercussion , product, offshoot

116
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Collate

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Collect and combine (texts, info, or sets of figures) on proper order

117
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Arguments (fix this )

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Dialogues concerning philosophy, social, and political issues

118
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Apropos

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At an opportune time
Seasonally
By way of interjection or further comment
With regard to the present topic

119
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Willful

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Deliberate, voluntary, or intentional

120
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Truncated

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Shorten something cu cutting off the top of end

Shorten, cut, curtail

121
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Respite

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A short period or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

Rest, break, intermission , interlude, lull, time-
Out

122
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Whipsaw

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Subject to two different situations or opposing pressures at the same time

123
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Rand

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Money unit in South Africa

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Ringgit

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Malaysian money

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Contagion

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The communication of disease by direct or indirect contact

126
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Bask

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To enjoy a pleasant situation

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Sloshing

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Move or radically with a splashing sound

128
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Loo

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Bathroom or toilet

129
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Treble

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Three parts , three times as much

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Scupper

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A hole in a ship’s side to carry water overboard from the deck

An outlet in the side of a building for draining water

131
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Signatories

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A party that has signed an agreement , esp a country that has signed a treaty

132
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Retort

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A sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark

133
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Rout

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A retreat

134
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Browbeat

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Intimidate someone typically into doing something with stern abusive words

135
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Abound

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Exist in large numbers or amounts

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Calamitous

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Catastrophic , disastrous

137
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Fusillade

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A series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time of n quick succession

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Tenterhooks

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A hook used to fasten cloth on a drying frame of tenter

139
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Tumult

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A loud, confused noise, esp one caused by a large mass of people

140
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Mired/ mire

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Caused to be stuck in mud

Cover or splatter with mud

Be involved in a difficult situation

141
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Presage

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Be a sign or warning that something bad will happen

Portend

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Sowed

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To plant seeds

143
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Adroit

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Clever or skillful in using the ands or mind

144
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Biggish

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Somewhat big

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Levy

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Impose tax, fee, or fine

146
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Stitch-up

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An act of placing someone in a position in which they will be wrongly blamed for something, or of manipulating z situation to one’s advantage

147
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Invective

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Harsh abusive language

You dirty rotten scoundrel

148
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Mullah

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Islamic cleric

Often used as a derogatory term

149
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Proprietor

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The owner of this business or a holder of property

150
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Parochial

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Relating to the church

Having a limited outlook or scope

151
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Hitherto

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Up until now or until the point in time under discussion

There is a need to replace what has hitherto been a haphazard method of payment

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Unceremoniously

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Abrupt, hasty, rude

153
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Dither

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Be indecisive

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Undaunted

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Not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointed

155
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Drab

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Lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull

156
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Rustbelt

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A term to an area of economic decline, population loss, and urban decay to a once powerful industrial sector

157
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Fussed

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Feeling concerned, distress, or annoyance ; having strong feelings about something

158
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Decree

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Order, command, rule, dictate, pronounced, proclamation , ordain

159
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Subsist

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Maintain or support oneself, esp at a minimum level
Remain on being, force, or effect

Continue, lady, persist, endure, prevail, remain

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Beset

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( of a problem or difficultly) trouble or threaten persistently

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Flogged

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Beat someone with a whip or stick as a punishment or torture

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Cosh

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A small , heavy weapon that is shaped like a stick

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Sedition

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Conduct or speech inciting people to revel against the authority of a state or monarch

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Plum

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A choice or desirable thing

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Tetchy

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Bad tempered and irritable

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Proffer

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Offer, tender, submit, extend, vintner,

To offer or give something to someone

167
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Agog

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Very eager of curious to hear or see something

168
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Goad

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Provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate some action or reaction

169
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Founder

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Fall or breakdown

His own attempts to remove history as an obstacle in Japan’s relations with its neighbours have floundered.

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Filial

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Sons or daughters

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Piety

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The quality of being religious or reverent

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Singletons

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A single person or thing of the kind under consideration

173
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Cotton

Verb

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Begin to understand

Have a liking for ; (North American )

174
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Fraught

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Causing of affected by great anxiety of stress

175
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Plight

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A Dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

176
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Rift

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A crack, split, or break in something

A serious break in friendly relations

177
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Imam

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An Islamic leadership position

178
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Pretext

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A reason given in justification of course in action that is not the real reason

The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move.
Rage at the government’s failure to collect rubbish was really only the pretext.

Excuse, alleged reason, ostensible reason

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Extortionate

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( of a price) much too high; exorbitant ; unreasonably high , inordinate

180
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Inordinate

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Unusually of disproportionately large; excessive

181
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Cronyism

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The appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regards to their qualifications

182
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Embolden

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Give someone the courage of confidence to do something of to behave in a certain way
To make someone more confident

Emboldened by robust passenger traffic, the airlines put through major fare increases.

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Cow

Verb

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To make someone too afraid to do something

184
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Cozy

Cozying up

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Give someone a feeling of comfort or complacently
Snuggle up yo someone or something
Ingratiate oneself with

185
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Impermanent

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Not permanent

186
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Posh

A

Elegant or stylishly luxurious

187
Q

Opulent

A

Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

188
Q

Gregarious

A

Sociable

189
Q

Advert

A

Verb

Turn the attention , to call attention

190
Q

Plump

A

Adj- having a full rounded shape

Verb- shake or pat

191
Q

Ignominious

A

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

192
Q

Dictum

A

A noteworthy statement

193
Q

Bedraggled

A

Dirty and disheveled , untidy , unkept

194
Q

Hegemony

A

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

195
Q

Mire

A

Stuck in mud
Covered in mud
Be in a difficult situation

196
Q

Albatross

A

A large White Sea bird

197
Q

Fortnight

A

1fortnight=14 days

A period of two weeks

198
Q

Bung up

A

Having a cold or flu

199
Q

Resigned

A

Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about

200
Q

MP

A

Member of parliament

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