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09/24/2013
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Abhor
 Definition
To hate
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Bigot
 Definition
Prejedious Person
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Counterfeit
 Definition
Fake
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Enfranchise
 Definition
To give voting rights
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Hamper
 Definition
to hender, or to obstruct
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Kindle
 Definition
to start fire
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Noxious
 Definition
harmful or posioned
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Placid
 Definition
calm
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Remuneration
 Definition
payment for work done
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Talisman
 Definition
lucky charm
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Abrasive
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rough or course
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Bilk
 Definition
cheat or fraud
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Covert
 Definition
secret or hidden
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Engender
 Definition
cause
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Hangar
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Storage for a play
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Knotty
 Definition
difficult to solve
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Nuance
 Definition
something suttle
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Renown
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Fame
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Tangent
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To go off main topic
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Abasement
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Humiliation
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Billowing
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Fluttering or waving
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Cower
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to recoil in fear
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Enhance
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to make better to aprove
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Harangue
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Attacking speach
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Labyrinth
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amaze
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Nullify
 Definition
make unimportant
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Plantiff
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complainer
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Replete
 Definition
full
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Tangilbe
 Definition
you can touch
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Abrogate
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cancel
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Blasphemy
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speech that offends religion
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Credible
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Believable
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Enigma
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mystery
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Harbingers
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Indicators or warnings
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Labyrinthe
 Definition
complicated
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Nuzzle
 Definition
cuddle
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Plaudit
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statement giving strong praise
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Reprehensible
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Shameful
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Tardy
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late
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Absolution
 Definition
forgiveness
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Blatant
 Definition
obvious
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Creditable
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praise worthy
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Ensconce
 Definition
established firmly in a postion
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Hasten
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Hurry
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Laceration
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Cut
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Plausible
 Definition
can be believed or reasonable
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Reprive
 Definition
postponement of a sentence
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Tawdry
 Definition
of little value
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Abstain
 Definition
go without
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Blighted
 Definition
damaged or destroyed
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Credulos
 Definition
gullible
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Enshroud
 Definition
to cover
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Haughtiness
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arrogance
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Lachrymose
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sad
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Obfuscate
 Definition
to deliberately make something hard to understand
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Plethora
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alot
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Repudiate
 Definition
to shun
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Tedium
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bordem
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Abstemious
 Definition
refrain from indulgence
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Blithe
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carefree
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Crepuscular
 Definition
Active at dawn and dusk
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Enunciation
 Definition
clear pronouncation
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headstrong
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stubborn
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Lackluster
 Definition
dull
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Objective
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unbiased
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Pliable
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Flexable
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Rescind
 Definition
take back
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Temper
 Definition
soften
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Abtruse
 Definition
difficult to understand
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Blunderbuss
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ancient weapon or clumsy person
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Cringe
 Definition
to flinch
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Envenom
 Definition
to cause bitterness
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Hedonism
 Definition
self indulgent
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Laconic
 Definition
using few words, to be brief
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Oblique
 Definition
indirect
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Plumage
 Definition
feathers of a bird
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Resignation
 Definition
acceptance of fate
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Tenacious
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Stubborn
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Accolade
 Definition
honor
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Bolster
 Definition
support or prop up
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Cryptic
 Definition
puzzeling
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Ephemeral
 Definition
short lived
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Hedonist
 Definition
a pleasure seeker
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Lamentation
 Definition
to express sorrow
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Obliderate
 Definition
destroy
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Plummet
 Definition
to fall suddenly
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Resolution
 Definition
determination
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Tentative
 Definition
not certain
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