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Perpetual

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Never ending or changing

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Shounen

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A kind of genre full of action found in animated films and books

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Exodia

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Describing something as god-like/unstoppable

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Spontaneous

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A sudden outburst of something

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Clairvoyance

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The ability to perceive future events

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Ominous

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The impression that something bad will happen

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Solitude

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The state of loneliness

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Perceptive

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Showing insights on something

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Assertive

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Showing or having a confident/forceful personality

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Doctrine

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A set of beliefs taught by a church

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Melee

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A confused struggle

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Tantalizing

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Tormenting someone with the sight of something unobtainable

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Innuendo

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A remark that suggest something unpleasant or sexual

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Elusive

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Difficult to find or catch

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Arbitrage

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The purchasing of an object from different markets to profit from small differences

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Scalping

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The act of selling an official merchandise at a higher price

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Concur

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To express agreement

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Stimulate

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To excite or encourage development

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Reincarnated

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To be reborn into another body

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Replenish

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To give back or refill

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Preside

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To be the authority of a gathering

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Census

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Official count of the population

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Intervene

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To step in or to interrupt or come between

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Litigate

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Go to court, find the law

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Incarcerated

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Imprisoned; to go to prison or confined

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Retaliate

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To strike back in a similar manner

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Wisteria

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A string of flowers (picturing a strand of grapes) that symbol long lives and immortality

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Menancing

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Suggesting the presence of danger

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Unctuous

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Excessively flattering someone

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Jurisdiction

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The authority to make legal decisions and judgements

31
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Phelgm

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口痰

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Expletive

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An act of swearing (either an oath or inappropriate term)

33
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Depiction

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The representation of something in an image

34
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Intuitive

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What one feels as reasonable or true without reasoning

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Anthropomorphism

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Having characteristics of human

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Rendezvous

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A meeting between two at a certain time and place

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Endorse

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To publicly declare one’s support to something

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Myopia

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Nearsightedness

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Discord

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Disagreement or lack of trust

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Concord

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Agreement or harmony between some

41
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Retro

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Style or fashion from the past

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Tsarism

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Absolute rule by a tsar (a Russian emperor before 1917)

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Versatile

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Able to adapt to unknown subjects

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Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate

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Marginal

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Not/Barely enough

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Derogatory

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Being disrespectful or critical

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Nonchalant

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Appearing calm and not anxious

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Conniving

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Involved in something illegal or immoral

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Coherent

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Logical and consistent

50
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Overmorrow

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The day after tomorrow

51
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Connotation

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A feeling when a word is mentioned

52
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Illiterate

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Unable to read or write

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Benevolence

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The state of being kind or well

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Unpalatable

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Not tasty; bitter

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Former

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The first of two

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Latter

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The second of two

57
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State of turmoil

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The state of commotion and confusion with disturbance

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Nonchalent

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Peaceful, without disturbance

59
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Versatile

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Able to adapt

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Tentative

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Uncertain/not fixed

61
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Contrarian

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Someone who opposes popular opinions

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Meritocracy

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Government that chooses people by their abilities/merit

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Photogenic

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To describe someone that looks good on camera

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Repulse

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To push away or reject

65
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Impertinent

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Rude

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Lascivious

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To describe an openly lewd person

67
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Connoisseur

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An expert in a field

68
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Regurgitate

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To eat vomited food or to repeat information without thinking

69
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Kaput

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Useless and broken

70
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Occlude

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To be blocked or obstructed

71
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Complacency

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A feeling of taking pride in one’s achievements

72
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Conundrum

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A riddle

73
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Circumvent

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To go around or avoid

74
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Defecate

A

To take a dump

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