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Abstemious

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sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate

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Admonish

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to caution, to advise, or to counsel against something

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Amity

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Friendship

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Bastion

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A fortification, a stronghold

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Callous

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hardened; insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic

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Clemency

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Leniency

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Debunk

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to expose the falseness or hypocrisy of something

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Diffuse

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To spread in all directions

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Dupe

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to trick, to fool, to deceive, or to cheat; to bilk

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Exorcise

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to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome

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Finesse

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Delicate skill

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Humility

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The quality or state of being humble in spirit

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Imperious

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Extremely overbearing

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Larceny

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The act of stealing another’s property

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Mirth

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Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

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Mollify

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To soothe or appease, to assuage

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Neologism

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A newly coined word or phrase; a new use of a word or phrase (often disapproved of)

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Orthodox

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Confirming to established standards; conventional

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Plight

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Difficult or adverse situation

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Repertoire

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A list of works of music or readings that are ready for performance

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Rupture

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To break apart; to burst

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Solicitous

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Worried; concerned

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Stolid

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Showing little emotion

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Tempestuous

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Turbulent, stormy

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Untenable
Not able to be defended
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Accord
Agreement; state of harmony
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Annulment
A voiding; invalidation
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Arduous
Very difficult to accomplish or achieve; very demanding (task)
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Astute
Shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive
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Carping
Finding fault
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Covert
Secret, concealed
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Desecrate
To violate the sanctity of something; to profane; to adulterate
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Dilatory
Delaying, slow
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Esteem
Estimate of value; approval and respect often blended with fondness
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Expatriate
An exile
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Fortuitous
Something that happens by accident or chance (usually good)
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Guileless
Without deceit
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Hackneyed
Trite, banal, lacking freshness
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Illustrious
Notably outstanding; famous
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Insatiable
Incapable of being satisfied
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Loquacious
Very talkative
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Neurotic
An emotionally unstable person; emotionally unstable
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Parch
To become dry or shriveled from heat
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Porous
Something that permits the passage of substances through pores
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Rancid
Having a foul or offensive smell or taste
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Reconcile
To reestablish a friendship; to resolve a dispute
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Saccharine
Overly sweet attitude
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Sonorous
Resonant; producing a full and rich sound
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Tentative
Not fully worked out; provisional; uncertain
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Utility
Usefulness
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Adjunct
Something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it
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Anomalous
Out of place; abnormal
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Belligerent
Waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
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Censure
To blame or condemn
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Compliance
A yielding; acquiescence
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Defile
To make dirty; to desecrate; to pollute
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Diligent
Characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study
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Expedient
Appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just.
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Flout
To treat with contempt
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Galling
Very irritating
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Heralded
Announced or publicized
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Incantation
A spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect
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Indigenous
Native to a certain area
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Luscious
Very pleasant to the taste
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Nomadic
Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
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Parry
To deflect or to ward off a blow
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Precipitate
To cause to speedily occur; to throw headlong
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Pungent
Sharp or irritating to the taste or smell; acrid
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Ratify
To give formal approval
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Sagacious
Wise, shrewd, very discerning
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Slovenly
Messy, untidy, careless
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Spiteful
Full of spite or malice; malevolent
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Tangential
Slightly connected; divergent
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Taper
To decrease in thickness or width
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Vagrant
A wanderer who does not have a home
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Affluent
Abounding in wealth; prosperous; flowing freely
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Antiquity
The quality of being ancient; ancient times
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Blandishment
Flattery
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Chasten
To discipline; to use punishment to correct behavior
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Civility
Polite and courteous behavior
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Congenial
Characterized by friendly sociability
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Deft
Skillful; adroit
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Dispatch
To send away with promptness or speed; speed, quickness
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Embroil
To entangle; to throw into confusion or strife
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Expurgate
To remove obscene or objectionable material, especially before publishing
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Garner
To gather together; to store up
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Heretical
Contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards
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Iconoclast
One who attacks established beliefs or institutions
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Irreproachable
Faultless; not discreditable
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Mercurial
Changing unpredictably; fickle
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Nuance
A subtle distinction or difference
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Partisan
One who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause
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Pious
Marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion
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Raucous
Loud and boisterous; harsh, disorderly
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Repugnant
Disgusting, offensive
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Satiric
Characterized by satire (a branch of literature ridiculing vice or folly)
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Sporadic
Occasionally occurring
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Succulent
Very juicy
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Terrestrial
Of the earth or pertaining to the earth
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Ungainly
Awkward

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