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absolve
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exonerate
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acolyte
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priest assistant
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acrimony
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rough & bitter; jaundice
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affability
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kindness
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anomalous
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unusual, unexpected
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antedated
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be earlier in time
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appropriation
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1) money set aside; 2) uniting; 3) deliberate act of acquisition 拨款
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Arcane
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requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
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Archetypical
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Prototypal
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artistocratic
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贵族的
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artlessness
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ingenuous, simple and natural, without deceit
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at best +
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add negative
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at odds with
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disagree
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atavistic
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regressive
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berate
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repudiate, refuse to acknowledge
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betray
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reveal intentionally
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brook
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allow
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bucolic
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idyllic
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buttress
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support
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Captiously
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Faultfinding
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caste
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social status or position conferred by a system based on class
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categorically
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flatly and unconditionally
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chorales
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hymn tune
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circumspect
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careful of consequences
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circumstantial
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1) unimportant (depends on environment); 2) fully detailed and specific
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circumvent
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surround so as to force to give up; equivocate (avoid answering)
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clannish
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exclusive, unwelcome to outsiders
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collusion
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secret or illegal cooperation
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conducive
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helpful
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congenial
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suitable compatible
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conjecture
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speculation, guess
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conniving
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(connive: permitting, spoiling)
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connoisseur
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expert
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consigning
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1) give over to another for care of safekeeping; 2) forgotten
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consternation
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alarm, dismay, fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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contentious
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causing debate, combative, litigious, disputatious
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contrive
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1) make or work out a plan/device; 2) come up with "idea/plan" after mental effort
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Conventional
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customs, habits
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coup
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1) A sudden political scheme; 2) a brilliant & notable success
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credulity
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believe readily
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crossfire
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a lively or heated interchange of ideas
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curtailed
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1) place restriction on..2)terminate or abbrevicate before its intended or proper end on its full extent
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Curtain Calls
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thank the stage
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customary
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convention, custum
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debunk
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expose while ridiculing; 揭穿
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decadence
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degeneration mentally or morally
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Decimated
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destry, complete damage, big decrease
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decorum
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mannerism
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decry
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condemn, reprobate, excoriate
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defer
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delay; obey
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deferential
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obeying, respectful
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demarcation
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establish limit or boundaries (areas or group)
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Demur
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protest
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deplore
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regret strongly, disapprove
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detained
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keep, stop, delay
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discomfiting
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cause to lose composure
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discretion
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caution or notice
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disparaged
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express a negative opinion of ; looked down upon
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dispassionate
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unprejudiced, unaffected, composure
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dissident
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disagreers
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dissolution
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disintegrate, dissipation, licentiousness
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ecstatic
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feeling great rapture or delight
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elucidate
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make it clear and easy
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elusive
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difficult to descrive; evasive; subtle
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emend
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make improvements or corrections
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encumber
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hold back, restrain
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engender
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bring forth
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engrossing
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attracting, occupying
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enunciate
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express clearly; pronounce, speak
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errant
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astray from the right or normal
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ersatz
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artificial and inferior
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erudition
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book smart, knowledge from books
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eschew
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avoid
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espouse
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1) choose, support, follow; 2) marry
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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exigency
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urgent
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exoneration
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exculpate
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expediency
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convenience
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expedient
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serving to promote your interest, practical, convenient
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expedite
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1) speed up; 2) process fast and efficient
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exponentially
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指数的
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extrapolate
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extrapolate from known fact, use facts as basis
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facetious
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humorous
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fanatical
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excessive enthusiasm
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fatuous
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devoid of intelligence, asinine驴子笨
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Ferocity
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cruelness
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fickle
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volatile, erratic
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Flout
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laugh with comtemptuous disregard
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foment
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agitate, stir up
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forebode
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indicate
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foreground
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spotlight, highlight
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frivolity
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amusing and silly
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gaseous
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existing as or having characteristic of a gas
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gilded
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镀金
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gouge
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乱要价 groove, force
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gregarious
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social
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guffaw
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hearty laugh, LOL
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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idiosyncratic
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peculiar to the individual
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impervious
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not affected, not passing through
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imprimatur
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formal and explicit approval
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Imprudent
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irrational, careless
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impunity
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exemption from punishment or loss
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ineptitude
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inappropriate, unqualified; stupid
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ingeniousness
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creative, clever, talented
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inimical
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hostile, harmful
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insolvent
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someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts, bankrupt
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instigate
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provoke, stir up, foment
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insured to…
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accustomed to…
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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lackluster
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mundane
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largesse
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generosity
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latitude
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freedom to choose the way in which you do something
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lionization
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assign great social importance to...celebrate
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ludicrous
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ridiculous, absurd
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful
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marred
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spoiled
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martinet
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disciplinarian, moralist
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mask
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hide
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meager
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deficient in amount or quality
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Menial
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humble, slavery
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meretricious
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superficial, cheap, face value
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metaphysics
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philosophical study of being and knowing
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Misnomer
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misnamed
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mitigate
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lessen
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modish
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fashionable
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mollify
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pacify, assuage, appease, placate
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monocractic
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独裁的
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monomania
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excessive, preoccupation
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Moratorium
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Authorized Postponement; Suspension
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Nonplus
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confuse
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obfuscate
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make obscure or unclear
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oblique
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slanting, misleading
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obscurity
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not well-known
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obsolescent
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become wasted, out of date
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Obstinateness
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stubborn
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obtuse
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1) 90 degree; 2) lacking in insight or discernment
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obviate
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eliminate
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obviate
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eliminate, deflect, avoid
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Onerous
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burdensome, taxing
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ostensible
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pretended, seemingly
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outgrowth
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branch out, emerge; process or result
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outstrips
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surpass, outmatch; go far ahead of
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overruled
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ooverthrown, reverse
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panacea
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万能药
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panache
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style, vibe
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Patronage
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help
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paucity
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lack
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peevish
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cranky, irritable, factious
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pellucidity
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transparent, clear
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Perennially
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Permanent/repeatedly
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perfunctory
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careless, hasty without attention to details
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perquisite
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fringe benefit, perk, privilege
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phlegmatic
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emotionless, indifferent
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placate
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pacify
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Poise
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Balance; composure
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polemical
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of or involving dispute or controversy
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Precludes
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Prevent, forestall/foreclose
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Presumptuous
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extremely forward, rude
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Procurement
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reconnoissance - research
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profundity
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recondite, abstruse, profound
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Profusion
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Extremely abundant
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proprietary
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ownership, trademark, copyright
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prosaic
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commonplace, plain
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quixotism
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unrealistic
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rails at
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complains bitterly
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rancor
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resentment
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Recapitulate
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summarize, highlights
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rectify
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correct
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refractory
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1) temporarily not responding to treatment; 2)stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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remuneration
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reward, pay
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replenish
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fill
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Repudiate
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renounce, disown, disvow, refuse to recognize
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resuscitate
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return to consciousness
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reticent
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reserved, silent
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ridged
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山脊
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rift
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division, seperation, gap
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riveting
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attractive
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Rueful
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pitiful
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ruthless
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without pity or mercy
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salutary
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beneficial
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savagery
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viciousness, primitive
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scathing
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harshly abusive criticism
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schism
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division
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scruple
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hesitate on moral grounds
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soliloquy
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独白
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soporific
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hypnotic
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specious
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spurious, meretricious 似是而非, (plausible but false)
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sprawling
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spread; urban sprawling
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spurn
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reject with contempt
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stinting
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limiting, an unbroken period of time during which you do something
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Stymie
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hinder, prevent
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subdue
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put down by force or intimidation; reduce
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subvert
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overthrow, bring down
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suffrage
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right to vote
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sullied
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1) defile; 2) make dirty; 3) charge falsely
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superfluous
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excess, wasted, pointless
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supplant
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substitute
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surmise
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conjecture, guess, hypothesis
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temper
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mediate
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tendentious
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prejudiced
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tout
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show off, advertise in strongly positive terms
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transcribe
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copy
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trepidation
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fear
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tussle
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disoderly fighting, struggle in a confused way
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undergird
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make secure; safeguards
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undermined
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make it less strong; damage
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unexceptionable
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completely acceptable
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Unimpeachable
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Blameless
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univocal
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1) having only one meaning; 2) admitting no doubt or misunderstanding;
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unprepossessing
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umpresentable
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unpropitious
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not omnious 不吉利
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unremarkable
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mundane
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uphold
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continue, preserve
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vacillate
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hesitate, oscillate
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valiant
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having or showing valor
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vestige
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trace, shadows, remains
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vexation
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irritation
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vexing
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extremely annoying
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Vindicate
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advocate, prove right
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Vindictive
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avengeful
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vivacious
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vibrant
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welter
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mess
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whet
 Definition
quicken, make acute
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