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02/02/2010
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Accolade
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Praise
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Allusion
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Indirect reference
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Ambivalence
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Uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings
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Ambivalent
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Unable to decide
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Anecdote
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Short account of something interesting; story
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Anomalous
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Odd; not fitting the pattern
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Apparition
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Ghost; something that 'appears'
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Aspersion
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Negative feeling; damaging remark
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Belligerence
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Aggression
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Bombastic
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Too elaborate; exaggerated
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Candid
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Truthful
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Capricious
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Changeable; fickle
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Cherished
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Cared for; firmly-held
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Cliche
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Over-used expression
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Conception
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  1. Idea; view
  2. Beginning of pregnancy
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Convoluted
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Complicated or long-winded
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Credence
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Belief
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Cryptic
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Hidden
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Currency
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  1. Widespread acceptance
  2. Money
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Decorous
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Good and correct (used of behavior)
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Denunciation
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Act of speaking out against
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Derailed
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Thrown off course
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Derivative
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Unoriginal
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Despotic
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Acting like a tyrant
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Detritus
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Rubbish
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Diaphanous
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Very thin and transparent
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Dictum
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Often-used saying
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Dilettante
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Person who dabbles in the arts
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Disdained
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Showed contempt for
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Dispassionate
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Unbiased; fair
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Dowager
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An elderly woman of elevate social status
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Dubious
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Doubtful
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Egalitarian
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Equal; believer in equality
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Elicit
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Draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elliptical
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  1. Shaped like an ellipse
  2. Indirect
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Epitomizes
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Acts as a typical example of
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Equivocate
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Speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Evasiveness
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Trying to avoid something
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Explicitly
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Very clear; nothing hidden
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