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1
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Cascade

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Like a waterfall;A jackpot makes coins cascade from the machine.

2
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Palisade

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Protection in the form of a wall or wall-like structure; Colonists built palisades around their villages to protect them.

3
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Fusillade

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Rapid outburst; The aircraft received a fusillade of gun fire.

4
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Parable

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Short story with a lesson or moral;The Bible is full of parables.

5
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Paradigm

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Model;example;pattern;Michael is a paradigm of a professional basketball player.

6
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Patriarch

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Leader;male in charge or head of something; Abraham is a patriarch of the Hebrew religion.

7
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Maladroit

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Clumsy;awkward; Beth demonstrated her maladroit condition by knocking over john (& his desk)

8
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Malaise

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Illness; Severe malaise caused half the class to be absent.

9
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Malice

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Wanting to cause harm to see others suffer, Most people feel malice towards telemarketers

10
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Malodor

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bad odor; Barnyards are notorious for their malodor.

11
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techni

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Skill,art; Technology, Technique

12
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Therm

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Heat; Thermostat, thermometer,thermal

13
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thesis

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place,put; parenthesis, thesis

14
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tom

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cut;atom;tomahawk

15
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tort,tors

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Twist; torture,torso, contortion

16
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tox

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Poison Toxic,intoxicated,detox

17
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turbo

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Disturb;Disturbance,turbo,turbulence

18
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ultima

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last; ultimate, ultimatum

19
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Ultra

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Beyond, exceedingly; Ultraviolet,ultra,ultrasonic,ultrasound

20
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unda

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wave; rdundant,undulate (roll or rise&swell)