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envisage

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to imagine; to conceive of

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vid/vis

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to see

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visage

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face; facial expression

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pari

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be visable to appear

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spec

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to look

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perspicacious

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wise; insightful; actually intelligent

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retrospective

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looking backward over a period of time

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apparition

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unreal figure; a ghost

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aspect

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a part that can be considered or viewed

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introspective

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contemplating ones’s own thoughts and feelings

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phenomenon

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a fact or event which can be observed and/or documented

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phan

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to appear to show

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diaphanous

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lightweight and transperant

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epiphany

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a moment of great insight; revelation

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sycophant

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a person who flatters: a yes- man

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her/hes

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to attach, be fixed

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adherent

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a follower of a persoon or idea

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incoherent

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not able to be understood; nonsensical

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inherent

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existing as a natural part

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fus

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to pour out

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diffuse

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not concentrated or focused wordy

to spread out or distribute

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effusive

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overflowing with words or feelings; gushing

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profuse

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plentiful; abundant

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solu/solv

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to loosen, to solve

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resolute

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determined; steadfast

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dissolute

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devoted to sensual pleasure, laking moral restraint

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insoluble

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impossible to solve or fix

unable to dissolve

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leg

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to select to choose to gather

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diligent

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hard-working and careful

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recolect

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to remember, to recall

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sacrilege

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anact against a holy person or place