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Intrepid
fearless
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Trepid
timid
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Prudent
wise
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Ablution
washing
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Ghastly
horrible
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Tepid
lukewarm
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Incorrigible
incurable
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Disparate
different
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Frugal
thrifty
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Sparing
moderate
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Prodigal
wasteful
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Impertinent
rude
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Slugging
drink
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Flogging
whipping
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coup d'etat
overthrow en existing government
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Staccato
rhythm
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Nuncio
envoy
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Apotheosis
highest point
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Deification
highest point
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Acquitted
exonerate
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Achromatic
w/o color
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Abdication
renounce
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Renunciation
rejection of belief
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Denunciation
public condemnation
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Munificent
gift
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Proletarian
commoner
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Redoubtable
daunting
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Formidable
daunting
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Perturbing
disturb
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Profligate
wasteful
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Abrogated
evade
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Capitulate
surrender
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Gyrate
rotate
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Entomology
study of insects
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Dramatist
person who writes plays
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Asperity
harshness of tone or manner
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Ascetic
austere
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Acrimonious
bitter
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Autocracy
one person with absolute power
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Aristocracy
power is held by nobility
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Excursion
a short journey or trip
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Anent
concerning
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about
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Withal
in addition to
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Wherefore
for what reason
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Epistle
a letter
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Epitaph
lament/letter for the dead
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Cryptogram
type of puzzle with short encrypted text
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Abridge
shorten
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Occult
supernatural
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Excoriate
criticize severely
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Sear
to dry
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Flay
peel the skin off
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Execrable
extremely bad or unpleasant
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Inclement
unpleasantly cold/wet
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Turbulent
conflicting emotions
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Iconoclast
skeptic
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critic
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Ingenuous
innocent
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unsuspecting
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Ingenuity
clever
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inventive
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Inure
toughen
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harden
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Weld
join together
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Anneal
to heat and allow it to cool slowly
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Querulous
complaining
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Petulant
bad-tempered
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Raze
destroy
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Recondite
obscure
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Abstruse
difficult to understand
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obscure
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Refractory
stubborn
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Obstinate
stubbornly refusing change
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Tractable
easy to control
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Sojourn
temporary stay
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Baneful
curse
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Scourge
misfortune
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Ignoramus
ignorant or stupid person
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Augment
increase
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Detract
reduce
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divert
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Cupidity
greed
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Factious
divided
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Felicity
happiness
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Fatuous
silly and pointless
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Effete
pretentious
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Flaccid
soft and limp
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Laconic
brief
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Stentorian
loud and powerful
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Bombastic
verbose and pretentious
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Pompous
self-important
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Temporal
secular
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Intemperate
immoderate
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uncontrolled
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Terse
brief
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Trenchant
sharp and shrewd
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Prolixity
verbose and boring
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Tortuous
winding
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Cadaverous
resembling a corpse
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