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1
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to romp or prance around ; to make merry

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cavort

2
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belief ; mental acceptance

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credence

3
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to condemn, express strong disapproval ; to officially depreciate

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decry

4
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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

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dissemble

5
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very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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distraught

6
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a formal statement of condemnation ; high praise

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eulogy

7
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to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

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evince

8
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to remove from a grave ; to bring to light

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exhume

9
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lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective, weak ; irresponsible, unreliable

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feckless

10
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dark and gloomy, obscure ; lacking in clarity and precision

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murky

11
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wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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nefarious

12
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stimulating to the taste or mind ; spicy ; pungent ; appealing provocative

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piquant

13
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developed or created at the very beginning ; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage ; basic

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primordial

14
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nearness in place or time ; kinship

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propinquity

15
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real ; having a solid basis ; considerable in number or amount ; meaningful and on topic

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substantive

16
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not usual or expected ; not in character

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unwonted

17
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founded upon or involving visionary view of an ideal world ; impractical

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utopian

18
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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or context ;

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verbiage

19
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green in tent or color ; immature in experience or judgment

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verdant

20
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having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

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viscous