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Skillful, expert in use of the hands or mind

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Adroit

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Peaceful, friendly

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Amicable

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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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Averse

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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war.

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Belligerent

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Kindly, charitable

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Benevolent

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Hasty, not thorough

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Cursory

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Treachery, deceitfulness

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Duplicity

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To praise extravagantly

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Extol

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Possible, able to be done

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Feasible

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A wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face

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Grimace

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A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; the massacre of civilian jewish people in WW2, by the Nazi party.

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Holocaust

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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

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Impervious

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A moving force, impulse, stimulus

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Impetus

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Danger

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Jeopardy

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Extremely careful; particular about details

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Meticulous

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A longing for something past; homesickness

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Nostalgia

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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

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To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

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To examine closely

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Lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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Adroit

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Skillful, expert in use of the hands or mind

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Amicable

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Peaceful, friendly

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Belligerent

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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war.

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Averse

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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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Benevolent
Kindly, charitable
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Cursory
Hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
Treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
To praise extravagantly
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Feasible
Possible, able to be done
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Grimace
A wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face
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Holocaust
A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; the massacre of civilian jewish people in WW2, by the Nazi party.
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Impervious
Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Meticulous
Extremely careful; particular about details
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Jeopardy
Danger
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Quintessence
The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Nostalgia
A longing for something past; homesickness
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Scrutinize
To examine closely
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Retrogress
To move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Tepid
Lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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