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07/17/2008
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lascivious
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(adj) lustful
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morose
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(adj) hard to please; sad
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ignominious
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(adj) dishonorable
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guile
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(n) duplicity
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sagacious
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(adj) having a sharp/keen mind
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penury
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(n) extreme poverty
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raze
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(v) to scrape, cut, or shave off
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abet
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(v) encourage, assist
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pragmatic
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(adj) relating to practical affairs
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gambit
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(n) a calculated move; strategem
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countenance
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(v) to tolerate
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evince
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(v) reveal
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regale
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(v) gratify, please
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posturing
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(n) striking a pose for effect
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aural
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(adj) relating to the ear or hearing
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carnal
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(adj) relating to the body
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amenable
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(adj) compliant
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tenuous
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(adj) weak, lacking stability
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obstinate
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(adj) stubborn
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catholic
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(adj) generalized or universal
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quotidian
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(adj) ordinary
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obsequious
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(adj) servile
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aggrandize
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(vb) to make great or greater
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belie
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(vb) to misrepresent
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diffident
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(adj) lacking confidence
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mendacious
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(adj) untruthful, deceitful
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salutary
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(adj) beneficial
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prosaic
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(adj) dull
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excoriate
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(vb) to criticize severely
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extoll
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(vb) to praise highly
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heed
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(vb) to pay attention
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tacit
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(adj) implied without words or speech
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dubious
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(adj) questionable
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bemused
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(adj) confused
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perturbed
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(adj) upset, distrubed greatly
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nonplussed
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(adj) perplexed
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incense
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(adj) very angry
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confounded
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(adj) baffled
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couched
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(vb) to phrase in a specified manner (use of jargon)
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exhaustive
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(adj) thorough
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tax
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(vb) charge, accuse
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allusions
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(n) indirect references
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flout
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(vb) to treat with contemptuous disregard
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shun
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(vb) to avoid, escape, elude
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