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Mediate
- to foster communications peacefully, to settle.
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Devastate
- to lay ruin to, to greatly upset.
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Virile
________- having attractive male qualities.
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Intercede
________- to plead for someone.
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Habitat
________- an area of shelter, a territory.
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Absolve
________- to clear of guilt.
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Extrovert
________- one who enjoys socialization.
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Lucrative
________- making a lot of money, financially rewarding.
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Agnostic
________:: one who feels we cant know if a god exists.
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Taint
________- negatively effect- to damage.
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Pretentious
________- self- centered, undeservedly important- seeming.
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Squander
________- to misuse, waste.
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Blight
________- something that hurts.
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Epitome
________- the example of /face of.
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Implausible
________- not valid, unbelievable, unlikely.
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Empathy
________- a sympathetic understanding.
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Plagiarism
________- the stealing of ideas.
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Attribute
________- a characteristic.
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Scrutiny
________- criticism, attention, examination, inspection.
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Recession
________- an economic setback.
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Dispatch
________- to send to a specific place or to specific business.
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Calamity
________- a tragedy.
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Rehabilitate
________- to return to normal life.
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Qualm
________- a guilty feeling.
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Sanctuary
________- safety, comfort, shelter.
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Legacy
________- an inherited gift.
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Enigma
________- a puzzle.
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Inhibition
________- an inner block.
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Impasse
________- a deadlock.
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Euphemism
________- a term that doesnt offend /a softer term.
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Amoral
________- without good morals /ethical principle.
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Syndrome
________- a group of symptoms.
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Vindictive
________- vengeful, spiteful.
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Absolve
to clear of guilt
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Adamant
to be firm about, set in
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Amiable
kind, good-natured
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Animosity
hatred
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Antagonist
enemy
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Eccentric
varying, strange, odd
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Encounter
meeting
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Epitome
the example of/face of
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Malign
to speak ill of, talk ish about
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acclaim
praise
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adjacent
near, close to, next to
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elicit
to bring out/draw forth
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engross
to hold interest of
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escalate
to rise, expand, increase, intensify
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exploit
to take advantage of/ use selfishly or unethically
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methodical
with a method, done in a certain way, orderly
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obsolete
no longer active or in use, extinct
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tangible
able to touch/feel, solid
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terminate
to end
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allusion
nod to/hint to
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altruistic
unselfish
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appease
to please, to calm
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arbitrary
impulsive
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assail
to attack
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banal
unoriginal
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euphemism
a term that doesnt offend/a softer term
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mercenary
greedy
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syndrome
a group of symptoms
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Calamity
a tragedy
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Comprehensive
complete
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Conventional
usual
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Flagrant
obvious, blatant
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Fluctuate
to change/vary
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Persevere
to keep going
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Ponder
to think about
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Rehabilitate
to return to normal life
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Turmoil
conflict/disorder
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Venture
to dare
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Attest
to declare to be true
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Attribute
a characteristic
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Discern
to see clearly
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Dispatch
to send to a specific place or to specific business
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Enhance
to make better
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Enigma
a puzzle
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Exemplify
to illustrate
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Mobile
movable
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Nocturnal
of the night
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Orient
to locate
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Concurrent
occurring at the same time
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Confiscate
to take away, take possession of
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Constitute
to form
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Decipher
to make sense of, figure out
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Default
to not do as expected
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Hypothetical
made up, imaginary
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Nominal
very little
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Predominant
main
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Prerequisite
a requirement
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Recession
an economic setback
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Degenerate
to get worse
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Implausible
not valid, unbelievable, unlikely
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Incoherent
not understandable, unclear
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Intercede
to plead for someone
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Intricate
detailed, complicated
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Sanctuary
safety, comfort, shelter
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Scrutiny
criticism, attention, examination, inspection
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Sinister
evil
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Suffice
to be enough, adequate
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