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cajole
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(v) to persuade with flattery
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callous
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(adj) unfeeling or insensitive
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capitulate
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(v) to surrender
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capricious
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(adj) changable or fickle
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carping
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(v)to complain
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catalyst
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(n) something that speeds up a process
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catharis
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(n) a purification of emotions
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caustic
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(adj) stinging burning or biting
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celestial
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(adj)heavenly or mystical
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censure
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(v) o blame or critisise
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autonomy
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(n) state of being self governed, independent
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aversion
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(n) intense dislike
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belittle
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(v) to speak of as unimportant
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bequeath
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(v) to hand down
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bizzare
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(adj) strikingly out of the ordinary
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blithe
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(adj) of happy lighthearted character
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bombastic
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(adj) high sounding
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buffoon
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(n) a ludacris figure
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cache
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(m) a hiding place, something that is hidden
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cacophony
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(n)harsh musical sound
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atagonism
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(n)mutual opposition or hostility
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antithesis
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(n) the direct opposite
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apocryphal
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(adj) doubtful authenticity
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arduous
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(adj) strenuous
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articulate
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(adj) elidgable to speak, ability to put thought into words
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assuage
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(v) calm or soothe
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atrophy
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(v) waste away
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augment
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(v) to become greater in size
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austere
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(adj) stern in manner or apperance
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autoritarian
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(n) dictator
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alienate
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(v) to make unfriendle or hostile
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alleviate
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(v) to make bearable
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aloof
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(adj) removed physically or emotionally
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alturistic
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(adj) w/ unselfish regard for the welfare of others
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ambiguous
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(adj) undefined
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ambivalence
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(n) contradictory attitudes of something
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ameliorate
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(v) to make better or more tolerable
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analogus
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(adj) a likeness that permits one to make an analogy
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animosity
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(n) ill will or resentment
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anonymity
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(n) the state of being anonymous
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abberation
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(n) a departure from the normal
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abstinence
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(n) refraining from a specific act or thing
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abstract
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(n) a summary of a greater peice of work
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acclaim
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(n) loud applause or approval
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acquiesce
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(v) to comply passivly without protest
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admonish
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(v) to caution or encourage
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advocate
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(v) to argue in favor of
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aesthetic
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(adj) pleasing in apperance
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affinity
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(n) natural attraction
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aggrandizement
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(n) to increase in rank
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration
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simile
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a comparison using like, as, or than
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metaphor
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comparision without using like as or than
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personification
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giving a thing person like features
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allusion
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referance to something the autor assumes is known
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foreshadowing
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hint to somehting that is going to happen
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irony
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when an outcome you assume doesn happen
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onomatopoeia
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a word that imatates a sound (choo choo)
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conceit
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comparin extremly unlike things
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