2017-2018 SAT Vocabulary – Flashcards
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abase
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lower; humiliate
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abash
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embarrass
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abbreviate
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shorten
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abdicate
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give up
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abduction
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kidnapping
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abet
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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hate
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abject
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lacking pride
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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accost
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confront
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acrimony
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bitter aminosity
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Acumen
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insightfulness
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adamant
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not yielding
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adept
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skillful
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adroit
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skillful
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affected
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haughty
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alacrity
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eagerness
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allocate
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assign, portion
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altruistic
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generous
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amenable
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yielding
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amiable
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friendly
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amicable
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friendly
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antediluvian
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very old
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anthropology
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study of human beings
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anipathy
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dislike
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apathetic
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lacking interest
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apt
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appropriate
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arcane
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mysterious
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ascendancy
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influence
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aspire
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strive for
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assail
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belittle
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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relieve, appease
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atrophy
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waste away
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atternuate
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weaken or reduce
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august
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dignified
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aura
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air, feeling
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auspicious
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favorable
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autocrat
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dictator
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automaton
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a person who acts like a robot
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avarice
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greed
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banal
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common
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barrage
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torrent
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belie
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give a false impression
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belligerent
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agressive
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benevolent
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generous
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bequeath
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hand down (through a will)
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berate
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scold harshly
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bipartisanship
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supported by two opposing groups (political parties)
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blighted
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destroyed
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bog
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marsh, swamp
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bolster
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support
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bombastic
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pompous
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boorish
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crude
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buoyant
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cheerful
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burgeon
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grow
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buttress
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support
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byzantine
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complex
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cajole
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coax
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callous
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insensitive
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cantankerous
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irritable
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capricious
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fickle
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castigate
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belittle
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caustic
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bitter
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censorious
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harshly critical
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censure
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scold
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cerebral
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intellectual
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chagrin
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mortification
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charlatan
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swindler
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chastise
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belittle
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chide
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belittle
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churlish
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vulgar
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circuitous
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indirect
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circumscribe
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restict
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circumvent
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escape, avoid
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clandestine
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secretive
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coalesce
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blend, fuse
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compendious
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succinct
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conciliate
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apologizing
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concur
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agree
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congenial
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pleasent
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conscientious
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careful
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consternation
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dismay
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contempt
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disdainful
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contemptible
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despicable
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convivial
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sociable
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copious
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abundant
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cosmopolitan
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sophisticated
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credulity
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the trait of trusting others too much
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culpable
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blameworthy
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dauntless
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courageous
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debacle
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failure
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debunk
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prove wrong
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decimate
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destroy
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decorum
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order, politeness
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degradation
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humiliation
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineate
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list
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demonstrative
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openly emotional
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demure
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overly modest
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demystify
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make clear and comprehensible
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denigrate
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belittle
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depose
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dethrone or remove from power
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depravity
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moral corruption
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deprecate
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disapprove
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deride
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make fun of
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derivative
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not original
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derogatory
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disparaging
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despondent
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sad
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destitute
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poor
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diffident
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shy
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diffuse
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spread out
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dilatory
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tending to waste time
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diminutive
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extremly small
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dire
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urgent
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ebullient
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enthusiastic
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egalitarian
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belief in equality
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elucidate
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clarify
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embitter
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make worse
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empathetic
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compassionate
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encroaching
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intrusive
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encumbrance
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burden
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ephemerl
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short lived
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epiphany
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sudden relization
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equanimity
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calmness
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exorbitant
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too expensive
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flummox
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confuse
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furtive
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sneaky
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histrionic
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excessively dramatic or emotional
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incongruity
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inappropriateness
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indolent
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lazy
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ineffable
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impossible to describe in words
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jaded
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tired
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morose
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depressed
