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Abridged

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shortened

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Acumen

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keenness

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Anarchy

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chaos

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Apathy

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indifference

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Assiduous

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persistent

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Belligerent

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hostile

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Bizarre

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fantastic

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Buoyant

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resilient

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Capitulate

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surrender

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Censure

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blame

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Charlatan

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quack

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Collate

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assemble

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Competent

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capable

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Construe

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interpret

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Credible

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believable

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Contrition

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repentance

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Delete

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exclude

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Derision

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ridicule

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Deterrent

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restraining

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Disseminate

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spread

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Divergence

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difference

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Enervate

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weaken

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Excess

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surplus

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Extant

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still existing

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Fallacious
misleading
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Fundamental
essential
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Ghastly
frightening
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Illicit
unlawful
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Indigent
poor
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Innate
native
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Intrepid
fearless
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Liaison
tie
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Ludicrous
ridiculous
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Mandatory
obligatory
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Mobile
movable
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Negotiate
bargain
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Noxious
harmful
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Officious
meddlesome
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Plight
predicament
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Proficiency
expertness
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Recalcitrant
obstinate
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Redundant
superfluous
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Regale
delight
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Relinquish
abandon
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Scrupulous
careful
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Subterfuge
deception
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Surreptitious
stealthy
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Turbid
cloudy
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Vacillate
waver
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Vindictive
revengeful
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Succumb
yield
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Subsume
include
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Deficient
inadequate
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Rear
back
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Abandon
relinquish
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Acquired
obtained
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Ajar
open
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Alias
other name
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Approximate
nearly exact
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Assemble
bring together
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Captive
prisoner
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Cease
stop
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Commended
praised
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Concisely
briefly
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Consoled
comforted
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Conveyed
carried
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Customary
common
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Defended
protected
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Deportment
behavior
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Erect
construct
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Fictitious
imaginary
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Flexible
pliable
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Forthcoming
approaching
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Frugal
economical
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Grimy
dirty
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Hollow
empty
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Immaterial
unimportant
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Impose
prescribe
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Increment
an increase
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Insignificant
unimportant
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Intermittently
at irregular intervals
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Itinerant
traveling
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Juvenile
youthful
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Manual
hand-operated
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Misconstrued
interpreted erroneously
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Pedestrian
walker
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Preface
introduction
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Prior
earlier
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Punctual
on time
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Resolve
decide
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Revenue
income
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Rudiments
basic procedures
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Self-sufficient
independent
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Solidity
firmness
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Stationary
not moveable
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Stench
foul odor
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Sullen
angrily silent
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Superficial
cursory
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Suspended
stopped temporarily
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Terse
concise
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Uniform
unchanging
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Urgent
pressing
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Verdict
decision
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Villainous
wicked
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Crimson
reddish
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Cease
stop
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Accentuate
emphasize
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Ancillary
subsidiary
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Calumny
slander
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Coherent
logical
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Contravene
oppose
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Corroboration
confirmation
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Credence
belief
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Diffidence
shyness
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Flaunt
display
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Foment
incite
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Germane
relevant
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Implicate
involve
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Insidious
treacherous
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Irresolute
vacillating
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Malinger
shirk
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Obstreperous
unruly
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paltry
petty
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Perverse
contrary
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Precise
exact
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Pristine
unspoiled
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Reprisal
retaliation
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Strident
harsh
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Unscrupulous
unprincipled
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Vestige
trace
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Vicarious
substituted
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Vociferous
loud, noisy, clamorous
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Brooding
agonize, mope, sulk, worry
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Succinct
concise, brief, terse
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Mended
repaired
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Small
little
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Superiority
excellence
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Absurd
foolish
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Inflammable
explosive
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Conscious
aware
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Conscience
sense of right and wrong, moral sense
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Exhibit
display
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Assumed
supposed
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Counterfeit
false
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Expertly
skillfully
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Marshy
swampy
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Allegiance
loyalty
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Yearned
longed
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Summit
top
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Heeded
took notice of
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Vigorously
energetically
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Imitate
copy
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Severity
harshness
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Incredible
unbelievable
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Leisurely
unhurried
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Gratitude
thankfulness
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Familiar
well-known
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Acute
sharp
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Bewildered
puzzled
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Conclusion
end
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Aroma
fragrance
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Nonessential
unnecessary
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Amplified
expanded
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Intact
undamaged
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Potent
effective
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Terminate
end
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Notorious
well-known
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Fatal
deadly
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Indigent
poor
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Technique
method
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Vocation
occupation
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Mature
ripe
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Adamant
inflexible
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Altercation
controversy
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Ascent
climb
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Assent
consent, accept, approve
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Attrition
act of wearing down
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Authentic
genuine
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Conducive
helpful
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Counteract
neutralize
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Deleterious
harmful
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Dilated
enlarged
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Flexible
pliable
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Fortnight
2 weeks
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Impartial
fair
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Incidental
casual, accidental, chance, secondary
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Indolent
lazy
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Notorious
well-known
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Rebuff
snub
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Spurious
false
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Succinct
concise
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Sullen
angrily silent
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Symptom
sign
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Tedious
dull
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Terse
pointed
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Trivial
petty
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Verify
confirm
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Vigilant
watchful
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Covert
secret, hidden
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Rebuke
reprimand, chastise
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Tantalize
vex, tease, bait
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Eradicate
annihilate
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Negligent
remiss, careless, lax
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Defiantly
obstinate, stubborn
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Interminable
perpetual, constant, incessant
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Compensate
remunerate, reimburse, recompense
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Zenith
pinnacle, peak
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Veracity
accuracy, truth
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Duplicity
deceit, dishonesty
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Deft
adept, skillful, agile
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Rescind
revoke, repeal
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Command
order, instruct
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Belabor
overstate, over elaborate
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Scrupulous
careful, meticulous, ethical, virtuous, honorable
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Cogent
clear, logical, convincing
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Derelict
damned, doomed, tramp, vagrant, vagabond
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Laminated
overlaid, coat
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Precarious
risky, insecure, hazardous
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Immutable
fixed, rigid, inflexible
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Temerity
nerve, audacity, impudence
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Lathe
machine for shaping wood, metal, etc
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Igneous
having solidified from lava or magma, of fire, fiery
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Metamorphic
rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies
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Arbitrate
reach an authoritative judgment or settlement
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Maneuver
movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
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Aleatory
random, depending on the throw of a die or on chance
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Caterwaul
a shrill howling or wailing noise
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Archipelago
a group of islands
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Levee
an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river
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Dike
long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea
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Enigma
a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand, riddle, paradox
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Mystified
puzzle, confuse, bemuse, bewilder