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Lasting a long time

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Chronic

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To move into action ,motivate, start a process

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Actuate

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Free time for resting

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Leisure

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To strongly disapprove of

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Condemn

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To draw back spring back

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Recoil

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Something hideous an unappealing

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Abominable

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Not planned unexpected

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Causal

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To bring to an end

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Terminate

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Strong to the taste or smell

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Pungent

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Untidy;messy

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Disheveled

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Wild uproar; chaos

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Pandemonium

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Friendly; peaceable

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Amicable

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Boring; tiresome

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Tedious

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To put of doing something till a future time

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Procrastinate

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Full of humor; amusing

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Humorous

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Always changing in interest or loyalty

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Fickle

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Burdensome; unjustly harsh

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Oppressive

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A quickness of motion

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Velocity

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A strong feeling of excitement or interest

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Enthusiasm

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Likely to occur at any moment

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Imminent

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To annoy or irritate

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Irk

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To give a reason for something

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Justify

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To wet throughly; drench

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Douse

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A feeling of doubt; distrust or uncertainty

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Misgiving

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Press together to reduce in size
Compress
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To struggle awkwardly
Flounder
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sending a message to a destination
Dispatch
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A clumsy person
Oaf
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Very hungry
Famished
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Lacking skill; not suitable
Inept
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Clothing
Apparel
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Very cold
Frigid
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To give something up; abandon
Forsake
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Very large or great in size
Immense
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Likely to fall or break due to weakness
Rickety
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To move back or away
Recede
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Showing remarkable creativity;clever
Ingenious
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An animal that eats dead+decaying animals
Scavenger
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Having a dirty or dull apperance
Dingy
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Strong desire to achieve a goal
Ambition
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Calm, peaceful, untroubled
Serene
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Difficult or impossible to understand
Incomprehensible
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Endurance
Stamina
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To surround
Encompass
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Embarrassed or bashful as by having done something foolish
Sheepish
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Of or little Or no importance
Trivial
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Largest possible amount
Maximum
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Unexpected meeting
Encounter
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Something happening in an instance
Instantaneous
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Steady persistence in the course of action
Perseverance
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Extremely dry
Arid
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To imitate the speech or action if
Mimic
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To fail at keeping a secret
Betray
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Of or preset time; modern
Contemporary
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To refil
Replenish
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A person who publicly denounces of condemns behaviors but then practices same behaviors
Hypocrite
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Manage of control for personal gain
Manipulate
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Giving off light
Luminous
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Hostile, wanting to fight
Belligerent
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To wear away; unravel,
Fray
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Stubborn
Headstrong
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Filled with joy
Elated
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So strong as to inspire a feeling of fear
Eerie
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A series of notes explaining something
Commentary
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The length of time in which something lasts
Duration
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To disprove
Refute
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A feeling of deep regret
Remorse
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To blow in loud violent gusts as the wind during a storm
Bluster
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Something that interferes with progress
Setback
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Without good sense
Absurd
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To make someone believe something that isn't true
Deceive
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One aspect or side of a subject or problem
Facet
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To make calm or quiet
Pacify
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Unresponsive
Numb
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Very hungry
Ravenous
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Sharp or severe in affect
Acute
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One that lives in one place permanently
Inhabitant
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To keep up, maintain
Sustain
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Excessively decorated
Ornate
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To support or strengthen
Bolster
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To feel or express regret or disapproval
Deplore
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To get off subject, especially when speaking or writing
Digress
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Inclined, likely to do something
Prone
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A remainder
Residue
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To declare void or invalid
Annul
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A person or thing of little or no importance
Nonentity
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Something passed down generation to generation
Heirloom
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To cut short, reduce
Curtail
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Increasing, non stop
Incessantr
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To prevent the movement or progress of
Hamper
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Hideous
Ghastly
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Low in spirits, depressed
Dejected
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Easily set on fire
Flammable
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Clear, easy to understand
Lucid
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A large moving crowd
Horde
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Stiffly proper
Prim
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To make amends for
Atone
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To bother repeatedly
Harass
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Unyielding
Tenacious

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