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11th Grade
05/27/2010
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Aberration
 Definition
An abnormality
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Abet
 Definition
To aid in the commisstion (usually of a crime)
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Abrasive
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Rough; course
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Abscond
 Definition
To depart suddenly and secretly
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Abstemious
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Characterized by selfdenial or abstinence
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Acquiesce
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To comply; to agree; to submit
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acumen
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Quickness of intellectual insight
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admonition
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Gentle scolding or warning
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affable
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Good-natured; easy to approach
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Agile
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Able to move quickly
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alacrity
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Cheerful willingness or promptness
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alleviate
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To relieve; to make less hard to bear
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aloof
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reserved; distant
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altruism
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unselfishness; charitableness
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amalgamate
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To mix or blend together
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ambiguous
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having a double meaning
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ameliorate
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to relieve; to make better
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amiable
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Friendly
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animosity
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Hatred
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authority or authentitcity
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apparition
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ghostly sight
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appease
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to soothe
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approbation
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approval
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arboreal
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pertaining to trees
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arcane
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difficult to understand; known to only a few
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ardor
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passion
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articulate
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eloquesnt; able to express oneself well
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ascetic
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one who practices selfdenial and excessive abstinence
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ascribe
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to assign as a quality or attribute
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asperity
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harshness;roughness
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assiduous
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unceasing;persistant
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assuage
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to relieve
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astute
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keen in discernment
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audacious
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bold;fearless
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auspicious
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Favorable
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austere
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severely simple; strict; harsh
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authoritarian
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demanding; despotic
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avarice
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greed
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baleful
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malignant
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banal
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commonplace;trite
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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displaying a warlike spirit
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benefactor
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one who does kindly and charitable acts
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benevolence
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an act of kindness or generosity
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benign
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good and kind
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berate
 Definition
to scold severely
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bewilder
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to confuse
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blithe
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carefree;joyous
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boisterous
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lively; rowdy; overexcited
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bolster
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to support
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bomstat
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pompous or inflatuated language
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boorish
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rude
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brevity
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briefness
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burnish
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to make brilliant or shining
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cacophone
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a disagreeable or discordant sound
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cajole
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to convince by flattering speech
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callow
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yound and inexperienced
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calumny
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slander
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candid
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straightforawrd; honest
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cantankerous
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grouchy; irritable
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capacious
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roomy
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capitulate
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to surrender
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castigate
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to punish
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caustic
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sarcastic and severe
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chargin
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embarrassment or dismay
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chicanery
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the use of trickery to decieve
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circumstantial
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based on inference rather than conclusive proof
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cloying
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excessively sweet
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coerce
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to force
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cogent
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strongly persuasive
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collusion
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a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
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comedic
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amusing
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compendious
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concise
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comprehensive
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all-inclusince; broad in scope
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compromise
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meet halfway; expose to danger or disgrace
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compunction
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uneasiness casued by guilt or remorse
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conciliatory
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tending to reconcile
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concord
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harmony
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conflageration
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a great fire
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congeal
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to coagulate
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congenial
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agreeable; friendly
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connoisseaur
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and expert judge of art, especially one with through knowledge and sound judgment
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console
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to comfort
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conspiciious
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clearly visible
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constrict
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to bind
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contemplative
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calm and thoughtful
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contrite
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remorseful
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copious
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plentiful
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corroboration
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confirmation
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credulous
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easily deceived
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cupidity
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greed
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curtail
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to cut off; to cut short
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dearth
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scarcity
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deleterious
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hurtful
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denounce
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to condemn; to citicize harshly
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deplete
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to reduce; to lessen
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depraved
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wicked;marally corrupt
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deride
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to ridicule
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derivative
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coming from some orgin; not original
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desiccant
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a drying agent
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detrimental
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harmful
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deter
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to frighten away
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diatribe
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a bitter or malicious criticism
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didactic
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pertaining to teaching
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diffidence
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shyness; lack of selfconfidence
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dilatory
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tending to cause delay
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dilettante
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one who dabbles in many different activities
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discern
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to distiguish; to see clearly
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disconsolate
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hopelessly sad
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disseminate
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to scatter, to distibute
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dissent
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disagreement
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divulge
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to tell something previously private or secret
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated;making assertions without evidence
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draconian
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very harsh or severe
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dubious
 Definition
doubtful; skeptical; questionable
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duplicity
 Definition
deceitfulness; dishonesty
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