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09/28/2011
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Degenerate
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(V) To diminish in quality
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Engender
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(V) To produce
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Genre
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(N) Kind; sort; literary type
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Cognate
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(ADJ) Related by birth
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Innate
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(ADJ) Inborn
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Nascent
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(ADJ) Coming into existence
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Transfigure
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(V) To change outwardly
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Fictive
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(ADJ) Imaginary
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Feign
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(V) To pretend
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Parturient
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(ADJ) About to bear young
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Repertory
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(N) Stock of things; theatrical company
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Cogent
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(ADJ) Convincing
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Exigent
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(ADJ) Urgent; pressing
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Assay
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(V) To judge; to evaluate; to examine
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Incite
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(V) To sir up; to stimulate
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Intransigent
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(ADJ) Inflexible; not compromising
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Resuscitate
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(V) To revive
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Turbulent
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(ADJ) Characterized by disorder
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Solicitous
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(ADJ) Determined, strongly objecting
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Perturb
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(V) Tto agitate; to disturb
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Turbid
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(ADJ) Thick; dense; not clear
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Alacrity
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(N) Cheerful readiness; liveliness
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Celerity
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(N) Swiftness; Speed
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Vehement
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(ADJ) Strongly emotional: passionate
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Inveigh
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(V) To protest strongly
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Surmise
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(N) To guess, a guess
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Demise
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(N) Death or termination
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Remit
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(V) To send a payment; to pardon
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Emblematic
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(ADJ) Symbolic
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Diabolical
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(ADJ) Wicked-like the devil
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Hyperbole
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(N) Intentional exaggeration
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Episodic
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(ADJ) Occuring every now and then
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Methodical
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(ADJ) Systematic; ordely
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Synod
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(N) A council-especially for a church
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Agraian
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(ADJ) Of or relating to the land
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