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Col. Readiness
Final Vocab.
163
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04/10/2006

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acquired
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developed or learned; not naturally occuring
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aesthetic
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having to do with appreciation of beauty
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affable
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easy going; friendly
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alienated
Definition
removed or disassociated from
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alleviate
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to ease pain or a burden
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alliance
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a union of two or more groups
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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ambivalent
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simultaneously having opposing feelings, uncertain
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amendable
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responsive; agreeable
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anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion
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assertion
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a declaration of statement
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clarity
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clearness in thought or expression
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cogent
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convincing; reasonable
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cohesive
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condition of sticking together
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didactic
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intended to instruct
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discourse
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verbal expression or exchange;conversation
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eloquence
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the ability
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emphasize
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to give special attention to something; to stress
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fluid
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easily flowing
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implication
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the act of suggestiong or hinting
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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pundit
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an authority who expresses his/her opinions
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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biased
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prejudiced
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exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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impartial
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not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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integrity
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trustworthiness; completeness
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jurisprudence
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the philosophy or science of law
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objectivity
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treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
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penitent
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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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plausible
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seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
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substantiate
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supported with proof of evidence; verified
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vindicated
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freed from blame
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condescending
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treating people as weak or inferior
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contemptuous
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feeling hatred; scornful
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despotic
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exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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disparity
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inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
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servile
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submissive; like a servant
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suppressed
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subdued; kept from being circulated
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embellish
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to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
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florid
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describing flowery or elaborate speech
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opulent
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exhibiting a disply of great wealth
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ornate
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elaborately decorated
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ostentatious
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describing a showy or pretentious display
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poignant
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profoundly moving; touching
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm; overflowing with excitement
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effusive
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emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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effusive
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emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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egregious
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conspiously bad or offensive
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flagrant
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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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frenetic
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wildly excited or active
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gratuitious
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given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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benevolent
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well meaning; generous
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benign
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kind and gentle
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emollient
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softening and soothing
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mollify
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to calm or soothe
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reclamation
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the act of making something useful again
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sanction
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to give official authorization or approval
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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fabricated
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made; concoted in order to deceive
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hypocrisy
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the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
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slander
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false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
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spurious
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not genuine; false, counterfeit
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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camouflage
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to hide by blending in with surroundings
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clandestine
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secretive
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coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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disingenuous
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not staightforward; crafty
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ruse
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a crafty trick
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stratagem
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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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wary
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on guard; watchful
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wily
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cunning
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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equivocate
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to avoid making a definite statement
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indifferent
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not caring one way or the other
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spontaneous
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unplanned; naturally occuring
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whimsical
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subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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superficial
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concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
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trivial
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of little importance or significance
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assidious
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hard-working
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compelling
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forceful; urgently demanding attention
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modest
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quiet or humble in manner
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propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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prudent
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exercising good judgement or common sense
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serene
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calm
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staid
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serious; unemotional
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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condemn
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to express strong disapproval of; denounce, censure
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discredit
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to cause to be doubted
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disaparage
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to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
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pejorative
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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assimalation
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to absorb or make similar
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consensus
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general agreement
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context
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circumstances of a situation; environment
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derived
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copied or adapted from a source
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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inevitable
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certain to happen; unavoidable
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malleable
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easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
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subdue
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to restrain; to hold back
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conception
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the ability to form or understand an idea
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conviction
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a fixed or strong belief
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dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
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enlightening
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informative; contributing to one's awareness
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impression
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a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
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intuition
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the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
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misconception
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an incorrect understanding or interpretation
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perception
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awareness; insight
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perspective
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point of view
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profound
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having great depth or seriousness
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inherent
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inborn; built in
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innate
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possesed at birth; inborn
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inveterate
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long established; deep rooted; habitual
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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proximity
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closeness
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elusive
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difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
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emigrate
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to leave from one country or region and settle in another
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transient
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passing away with time; passing from one place to another
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transitory
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short lived or temporary
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affable
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easy going; friendly
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ambivalent
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simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
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camaraderie
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goodwill between friends
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cordial
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friendly; sincere
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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lament
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express grief for; mourn
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melancholy
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sadness; depression
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sanction
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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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truncated
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shortened; cut off
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aesthetic
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appreciation of beauty
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anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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contemporary
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current; modern; from the same time
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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excerpt
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a selected part of a passage or scene
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genre
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describing a category of artistic endeavor
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medley
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an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces
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mural
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a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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narrative
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characterized by the telling of a story
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parody
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work of comic effect
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realism
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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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rancorous
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hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
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decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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equanimity
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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innovative
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introducing something new
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naive
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lacking sophistication
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nascent
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coming into existence; emerging
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novel
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strikingly new or unusual
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novice
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a beginner
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ponderous
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extremely dull
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
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sedentary
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not migratory;settled
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apprehension
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anxiety or fear about the future
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harbinger
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something that indicates what is to come;a forerunner
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