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philosophy
philatelist:
philology
bibliophile |
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| one who loves or collects postage stamps |
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| the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity and determine their meaning |
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| the one who loves or collect books |
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placid:
placebo:
implacable
complacent:
complaisant |
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| self-satisfied, unconcerned |
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| inclined or disposed to please |
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complete:
deplete:
supplement
implement:
replete
plethora: |
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| an instrument, tool, or utensil for accomplishing work |
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| to fold, twist, tangle, or bend |
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complex:
replica
implicit:
implicate:
duplicity:
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| not expressly stated, implied |
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| to show to be involved, usually in an incriminating manner |
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| deceitfulness in speech or conduct, double-dealing |
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| to make humble and earnest entreaty |
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component:
expose:
expound
juxtapose:
repository |
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| to place close together or side by side, esp. for contract |
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| a receptacle or place where things are deposited |
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import
export:
portable
deportment:
disport:
importune |
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| to divert or amuse oneself |
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| to urge or press with excessive persistence |
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posthumous
posterior
posterity
post facto |
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| succeeding in future generations collectively |
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precarious
precocious:
premonition:
presentiment
precedent
precept: |
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| dependent on circumstances beyond one's control |
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| unusually advanced or mature in mental development or talent |
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| a feeling of anticipation over a future event |
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| an act that serves as an example for subsequent situations |
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| a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct |
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| to take; to get; to seize |
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surprise
enterprise:
reprehensible
comprise
reprisals
apprehend: |
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| deserving rebuke or censure |
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| retaliation against an enemy |
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prolific:
profuse:
prodigal
prodigious:
proselytize
propound:
provident |
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| spending or giving freely |
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| wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
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| extraordinary in size, amount, or extent |
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| to set forth for consideration |
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| having or showing foresight |
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probe:
approbation:
opprobrium:
reprobate
problematic
probity |
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| the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct |
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| a depraved or wicked person |
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pugnacious:
impugn
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| to quarrel or fight readily |
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| objectionable or offensive |
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point:
puncture
pungent:
compunction
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| a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong |
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| strict or exact in the observance of formalities |
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| to erase, eliminate completely |
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acquire
exquisite:
conquest:
inquisitive:
query:
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perquisite |
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| given to research, eager for knowledge |
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quiet
disquiet:
tranquil:
acquiesce
quiescence: |
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| the condition of being at rest, still, inactive |
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interrogate:
arrogant:
abrogate:
surrogate:
derogatory:
arrogate |
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| to abolish by formal means |
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| a person appointed to act for another |
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| to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously |
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