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1
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Accentuate

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To give emphasis to or to stress

2
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Censurable

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Deserving of blame or censure

3
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Contingent

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A representative group forming part of a larger group

4
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Corroborate

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To make more certain or confirm

5
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Denizen

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An inhabitant or resident; a person who visits a place often

6
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Discursive

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Rambling or moving aimlessly from topic to topic

7
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Disseminate

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To scatter or spread abroad

8
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Dowdy

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Lacking style or good taste

9
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Florid

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Very ornate or over decorated

10
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Foist

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To impose or pass off by fraud

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Abstemious

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Temperate and moderate in diet

12
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Gauche

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Lacking in social grace

13
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Heresy

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An opinion or doctrine that is different from society’s accepted beliefs

14
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Inculcate

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To teach by repetition

15
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Palpable

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Capable of being felt and touched, tangible

16
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Perceptive

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Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight

17
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Pernicious

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Causing harm or ruin or injury; deadly

18
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Quail

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To shrink back or lose courage when in a difficult situation

19
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Salient

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A protecting or protruding part of a battle line

Standing out, noticeable, prominent, conspicuous

20
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Satiate

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To satisfy to the full

21
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Sear

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To burn or char on the surface

22
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Specious

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Appearing as good but lacking in merit