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Wring Class Vocab #1
Ch16 - 30
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Language - English
Undergraduate 1
12/02/2009
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to convey
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to communicate
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a delusion
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a misbelief; false belief
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to devise
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to create
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to savor
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to enjoy;; His savored his pupusa, coffee and cake.
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to stimulate
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to make active; arouse
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subtle
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slight; insignificant
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unique
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one of a kind; My husband is unique.
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universal
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throughout the world, worldwide
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versatile
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having many abilities;
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vivid
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bright; I had a very vivid dream last night.
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defer
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to give in
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endeavor
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to try
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equate
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to consider to be the same; similar
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impose
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to selfishly bother;???
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indignant
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angry
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inevitable
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certain???
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malicious
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mean???
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an option
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a choice
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passive
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inactive
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a patron
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a customer
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con-
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together
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dict
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speak
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dis-
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do the opposite of
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micro-
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small
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ped
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foot
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script, scrib
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write
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-ship
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quality
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tele-
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far
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trans-
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change
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tri-
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three
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to adapt
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to become accustomed
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to dismay
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to discourage
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an exile
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a separation from one's homeland
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a gesture
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a sign
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to recede
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to pull back
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to reciprocate
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to pay back
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to refute
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to show to be wrong
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to retain
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to hold on to
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to revert
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to go back
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a ritual
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a ceremony
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elaborate
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detailed
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to emerge
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to come out
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exotic
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foreign
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frugal
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thrifty
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impulsive
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acting without planning
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indifferent
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unconcerned with
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indulgent
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giving
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liberal
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generous
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mediocre
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ordinary
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notable
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well-known
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to affirm
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to state
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alleged
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assumed
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to allude
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to hint at
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to coerce
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to force
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elite
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best
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the essence
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the main part
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the immunity
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the freedom
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to impair
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to harm
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a query
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to ask
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sadistic
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cruel
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plausible
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believable
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to provoke
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to anger
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to recur
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to happen again
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a reprimand
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a scolding
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to revoke
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to cancel
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to ridicule
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to make fun of
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shrewd
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smart
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skeptical
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doubtful
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stereotype
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an oversimplified image
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a tactic
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a method
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a consequence
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an effect
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a destiny
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a fate
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to detain
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to delay
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to diminish
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to become less
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to procrastinate
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to put off doing something
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simultaneous
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happening at the same time
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a strategy
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a plan
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tedious
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uninteresting, boring
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a transaction
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a business interaction
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vital
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essential
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-able
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able to
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cent-, centi-
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hundred
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in-
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not
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-logy,-ology
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science of
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mal-
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bad
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man
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hand
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mem
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remember
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mono-, mon-
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one
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port
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carry
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therm-, thermo-
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heat
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to discriminate
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to tell the difference
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dismal
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gloomy
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to dispense
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to give out
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profound
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deep
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severity
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intensity
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site
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a place
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subside
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to lessen
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to summon
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to order
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theoretical
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about theory
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vocation
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an occupation
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to ascend
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to move upward
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finite
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limited
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infinite
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endless
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to inflict
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to cause
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ingenious
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clever
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initiate
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to begin
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literally
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exactly
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to lure
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to tempt
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mania
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an enthusiasm
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nostalgia
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a longing for the past
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data
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information
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inept
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unskilled
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innate
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inherited, possessed at birth, inborn
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to intervene
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to come between
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to lament
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to mourn
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morbid
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horrible
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obstinate
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stubborn
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parallel
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apart an equal distance at every point
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perceptive
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aware
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sedate
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calm
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controversy
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an argument
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a deduction
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a conclusion
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dimensions
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measurements
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to disperse
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to scatter
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to distort
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to misrepresent, tell in an untrue or misleading way
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dominant
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most powerful
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sequence
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an order
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sophisticated
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experienced, wise about the ways of world
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treacherous
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disloyal
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trivial
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unimportant
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to confirm
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to support
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deceptive
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misleading
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to defy
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to oppose
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to restrain
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to prevent, to hold back from action
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seclusion
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isolation
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to submit
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to give in
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susceptible
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likely to be affected with or influenced, likely to be infected
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to transmit
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to pass along
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valid
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well-supported,firmly based on facts or logic, logical, based on good reasons
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vigorous
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energetic
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to accelerate
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to go faster
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adverse
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unfavorable, harmful
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advocate
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a supporter
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audible
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hearable
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coherent
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clear
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comparable
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close, similar
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competent
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able, well qualified
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consecutive
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happening in row, following one after another without interruption
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conspicuous
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noticeable, obvious, easily noticed
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deteriorate
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to decay, to become worse, to become weaker or damaged
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