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Reading 101
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English
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2009
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facetious
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humorous; playfully joking
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ostentatious
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meant to impress others
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optimum
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best possible;most favorable
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detriment
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something that causes damage,harm or loss
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vicarious
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experienced through the imagination
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dexterous
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skillful in using the hands or body
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scrupulous
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careful about moral standards
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gregarious
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sociable;enjoying and seeking the company of others
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discretion
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good judgement or tact in actions or speaking
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sensory
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having to do with seeing,hearing,feeling,tasting,or smelling
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rudimentary
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fundamental
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resillient
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able to recover quickly from harm,illness, or misfortune
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zealot
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a person totally devoted to a purpose or cause
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squelch
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to silence or suppress
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venerate
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to respect deeply
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despondent
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downhearted;hopeless
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retrospecht
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reviewing the past
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scoff
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to make fun of
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juxtapose
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to place close together,especially in order to compare or contrast
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ambiguous
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able to be interpreted in more than one way
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inane
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without sense or meaning
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dissident
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a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs,especially in politics or religion
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subsidize
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to support financially
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fritter
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to spend or waste a little at a time
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inadvertent
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unintentional
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disseminate
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to spread or scatter widely
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proliferation
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a rapid spread or increase
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corroborate
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to support with evidence
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precipitate
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to cause to happen quickly,suddenly,or sooner than expected
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charlatan
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fake
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propensity
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a natural preference or tendency
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fortuitous
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happening by chance
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solace
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comfort in sorrow or misfortune
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equivocate
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to be deliberately vague
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solicitous
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showing or expressing concern,care, or attention
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predisposed
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tending toward or open to something beforehand
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sham
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a counterfeit
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sanction
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to authorize/allow
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inundate
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to cover as by flooding
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circumvent
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to avoid by going around or as if by going around
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reticent
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quiet or uncommunicative
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robust
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healthy and strong
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vociferious
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noisy
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attrition
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a gradual natural decrease in number
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indiscriminate
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not chosen carefully
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sedentary
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marked by much sitting
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tenet
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a belief or principle held to be true
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terse
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brief and clear; effectively concise
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bolster
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to hold up,strenthen,or reinforce
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inquisitive
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curious
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replete
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plentifully supplied
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nebulous
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vague
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relegate
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to assign to a less important or less satisfying position
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raucous
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noisy and disorderly
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recourse
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a source of help,security or strength
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autonamy
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independence
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mandate
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a groups expressed wishes
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ostricize
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to expel or exclude
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tantamount
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equal in effect or value
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tenacious
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holding firmly
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impede
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to delay or slow
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jurisdiction
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the authority to administer justice
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antipathy
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a strong dislike
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preposterous
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contrary to nature or reason and thus laughable
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idiosyncrasy
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a personal peculiarity
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imminent
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about to happen
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travesty
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a crude,exaggerated, or rediculous representation
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perfunctory
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done only as a routine,with little care or interest
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facsimile
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an exact copy
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a certain group
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austere
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without decoration or luxury
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verbose
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wordy
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germane
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having to do with the issue at hand
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lucid
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clearly expressed
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contrite
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truly sorry for having done wrong
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plight
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a situation marked by difficulty
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stint
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a period of work or service
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adept
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highly skilled
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eradicate
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to get rid of altogether
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encompass
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to included
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sordid
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indecent
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stringent
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strictly controlled
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rancor
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intense hatred or ill will
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repugnant
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offensive
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foible
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a minor weakness or character flaw
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exhort
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to urge with argument or strong advice
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magnaimous
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noble in mind and spirit
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noxious
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harmful to life or health
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diabolic
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very cruel
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chide
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to scold mildly
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yen
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a strong desire
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integral
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necessary to the whole
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dilapadated
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fallen into a state in which repairs are badly needed
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exacerbate
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to aggravate a situation
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atrophy
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to wear down
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panacea
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something supposed to cure all diseases
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deplore
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to feel or express disapproval of
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exhilaration
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cheerfulness
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extricate
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to free from a tangled situation or a difficulty
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tenuous
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having a little substance or basis
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decorum
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correctness in behavior and manners
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espouse
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to support,argue for, or adopt
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exorbitant
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to make easier to do or to get
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indolent
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lazy
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unassuming
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modest not boasted
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dissipate
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to thin out or scatterand gradually vanish
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assimilate
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to become more similar to a larger whole
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unilateral
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involving or done by only one side
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inherent
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exisiting as a natural or essential quality of a person or thing
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denunciation
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a strong expression of disapproval
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placebo
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a substance which contains no medicine, but which the reciever believes in a medicine
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emanate
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to flow or come out from a source
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subversive
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to destroy completley
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staunch
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firm;loyal;strong in support
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annihilate
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emphasizing the whole and the independence of the parts
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forestall
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to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand
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opportune
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suitable
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flout
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to treat with scorn or contempt
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implement
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to carry out
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obstrusive
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undesirably noticeable
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impromptu
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performed or spoken without practice or preparation
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fastidious
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extremley attentive to details
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innuendo
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an indirect remark or gesture,usually suggesting something belittling ; a hint
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expedite
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to speed up or ease the progress of
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vehement
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intense
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auspicious
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being a good sign
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extenuating
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serving to make less serious
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transgress
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to sin or commit an offensive
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macabre
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suggestive of death and decay
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quandry
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a state of uncertainty
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derogatory
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expressing a low opinion
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deride
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to make fun of
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impending
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about to happen
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paramount
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of greatest concern or importance
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adroit
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skillful and clever
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stigma
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a mark of shame or disgrace
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repudicate
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to deny the truth
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platitude
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a remark that is commonplace
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contention
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a claim that something is true
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tumult
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the noisy disorder of a crowd
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incapacitate
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to make unable or unfit
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docile
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tending to give in the control or power of others without resisting
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admonish
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to scold gently but seriously
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antithesis
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the exact opposite
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emulate
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to try to equal or surpass
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