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11th Grade
02/08/2010

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Completely honest, straightforward
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inference or guesswork
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Instructive
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a mild, indirect term substituting for a harsh term
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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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Lacking cohesion or connection
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To imply or communicate stealthily
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Easily understood, clear
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The art of using language effectively and persuasively
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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
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Dexterous
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To find out, as through investigation or experimentation
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Shrewd or clever
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Careful, prudent, discreet
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To scatter widely
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Deep, extensive learning
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The application of scientific principles to agriculture and animal breeding
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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shrewd and clear sighted
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practical
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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easily understood and clear
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Formal proposal
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basic, elementary
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difficult to understand
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emotionally hardened, unfeeling
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intricate, complex
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a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
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difficult to fathom or understand
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inclined to keep silent
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unemotional, serious
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known or understood by only a few
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to absorb or become absorbed
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independence, self determination
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worldly, widely sophisticated
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something that comes from another source
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A group of attendants or associates
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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A clumsy social error, a faux pas
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Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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isolated, narrow or provincial
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adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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One who has the power and position to rule over others, monarch
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to draw a circle around, to restrict
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sharing an edge or boundary, touching
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appeasing, soothing, showing willingness to reconcile
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capable of being believed
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to free from blame
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indisputable, not open to question
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to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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equality, as in amount, status, or value
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moral uprightness, righteousness
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lax in attending to duty, negligent
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to reject the validity or authority of
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feigning piety or righteousness
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong
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concerned
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plausible but misleading
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to support with proof or evidence, verify
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adherence to the truth, truthfulness
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to free from blame
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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trickery
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fawning and servile
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insincere, obsequious flatterer
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness
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distinguished, prominent
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identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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to praise highly
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full of praise
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courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
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humanitarian, benevolent
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to mutually take or give, to respond in kind
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No longer existing or functioning
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots
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to remove objectionable content before publication
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to destroy
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to put down forcibly, suppress
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to level to the ground, demolish
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to crush as if by trampling
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to usurp the place of
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to thwart or stump
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to lower in rank
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to mock contemptuously
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insulting or intended to insult
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to speak of negatively
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brazen boldness
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great personal dishonor or humiliation
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to attack as false or questionable
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to damage, especially in a disfiguring way
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disparaging, belittling, insulting
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to annoy or bother, to perplex
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disposed to seek revenge, spiteful
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given to pompous speech or writing
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intense enthusiasm
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exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness
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full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
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to ornament or decorate, to exaggerate
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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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given freely, unearned, unnecessary
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extravagant
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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displaying great wealth
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elaborately decorated
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a strong inclination or liking
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needlessly repetitive
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being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
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a short scene or story
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a combination or diverse elements, a mixture
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to overwhelm as if with a flood, to swamp
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diverse, various
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state of being various or manifold, a great number
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to ease a pain or burden
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to make something better, improve
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producing or promoting a favorable result, helpful
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able to heal or cure
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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure
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having or exhibiting healing powers
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something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection
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a representative or example of a type
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admirably suited, apt
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to misrepresent or disguise
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to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims
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doubtful, of unlikely authenticity
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deliberately deceptive
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to make up in order to deceive
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a false notion
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lying, untruthful
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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
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open to more than one interpretation
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings, uncertain
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feeling or showing little emotion
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impulsive and unpredictable
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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markedly inconsistent
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suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional
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an impelling force or stimulus
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occurring at irregular intervals, having no pattern or order in time
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to sway from one side to the other, oscillate
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characterized by whim, unpredictable
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to decline in vigor or strength
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worn out, wearied
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lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness
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a deceptive stratagem or device
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secretive, sneaky
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scarce supply, lack
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s small, moderate, or token amount
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smallness in number
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to spend wastefully
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moderate, restrained
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having little substance or strength
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marked by painstaking effort
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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motivated solely by desire for money or material gain
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stubbornly attached to an opinion or course of action
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to grow or increase rapidly
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persistence
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on the alert, watchful
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irrelevant, inessential
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to place side by side
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extra, unnecessary
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combined action or operation
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merely touching or slightly connected
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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a funeral hymn or lament
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made up of a variety or sources or styles
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lacking in harmony
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producing a deep or full sound
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure
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impair the strength of
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noisy and disorderly
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the representation or something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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characteristic of an earlier time
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habitually late
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lasting for only a brief time
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fragrant, aromatic
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of relating to, or limited by time
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troublesome or oppressive, burdensome
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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur, omen
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knowledge of actions or events before they occur
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without decoration, strict
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drearily commonplace, predictable trite
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uninteresting, unchallenging, lacking taste or savor
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unimaginative, dull
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest
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the quality or state of being brief in duration
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appropriate to a purpose, convenient, speedy
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passing quickly in time or space
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to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
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to hearten, support or prop up
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to grow and flourish
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plentiful, having a large quantity
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to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
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great in scope or intent, grand
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enormous
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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to make twice as great, to double
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brilliant
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strongly disinclined
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easy to notice, obvious
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modest and reserved
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timidity or shyness
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submissive to instruction, willing to be taught
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having no adverse effect, harmless
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calm or quiet, undisturbed
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quiet, still, or at rest
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agreement
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to agree
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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
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carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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characterized by or give to joking
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extremely careful and precise
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easy going, friendly
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promptness in response, cheerful readiness, eagerness
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friendly, agreeable, good-natured
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kind and gentle
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cheerfully confident, optimistic
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eager to fight, hostile or aggressive
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extremely complicated or devious
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agreement
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to agree
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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
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carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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characterized by or given to joking
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extremely careful and precise
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ill-tempered and quarrelsome
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quarrelsome
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having a harmful effect
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to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of
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disrespectfully humorous or casual
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insulting in manner or speech
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flagrantly wicked, vicious
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extremely or irrevocably harmful, deadly
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marked by bitter deep-seated ill will
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arousing disgust or aversion, offensive or repulsive
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gaudy and cheap
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relating to or resembling a tree or trees
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a call for assistance, support, or inspiration
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to layer or separate into layers
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having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors
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green with vegetation
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