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apathy
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feeling less towards something. not taking action
AFFABLE
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friendly and warm
diligent
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hard working person with passion
industrious
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very hard-working
morose
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sad and lonely feeling
Agglomeration
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collection of something
Ameliorate
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improve something which is in bad shape or situation
Ambiguous
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doubtful / not one solution
Ambidextrous
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person who can work with both hands
Aggrandize
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to make great. to enhance the power, wealth or position
Affluence
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abundant wealth or property
placid
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not moving much. calm and steady. not easily upset or excited
Adversity
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misfortune
Admonish
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warning
acrimonious
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angry and bitter. used for situations
Accord
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agreement
Accolade
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award or merit
Scrumptious
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tasty
patriarchal
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ruled or dominated by men
strode
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walk with long decisive steps
sluggish
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very slow crawling
sumptuous
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extremely costly
superfluous
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unnecessary
surly
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rude
tacit
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understood or carried without speech
substantial
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ample to satisfy and nourish
substantiate
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to establish by proof
Martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
Mendicant
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begger
mendacious
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habitually dishonest
obliterate
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destroy completely
noxious
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harmful physically
onus
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the responsibility for something
opus
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work done by painter, musician, artist
obdurate
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refusing to do what other people want. not willing to change your opinion
obnoxious
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unpleasant in a way that makes people offended, annoyed or disgusted
aping
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to copy someone blindly
empathy
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the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiencesand emotions: the ability to sharesomeone else's feelings
sumptuous
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lavish and rich
mendacious
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habitually dishonest
mammoth
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gigantic
melicious
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hateful
Malediction
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curse. like poverty is malediction for India
magnanimous
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having or showing a generous and kind nature
magnate
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person who has great wealth and power in a particular business or industry
malady
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a disease or illness
meticulous
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very careful about doing something in an extremely accurate and exact way
lucid
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very easy
Luminary
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celebrity or dignitary
Arduous
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hard. making it hard for something
Appalling
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shocking problem
flair
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natural ability to do something: an unusual and appealing quality or style
Audacity
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a confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude: an audacious quality
nostalgia
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homesick or pleasure and sadness that is causedby remembering something from the past and wishing that you couldexperience it again
nonentity
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a person who is not famous or important
numismatist
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the person who collect coins
Nomenclature
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a system of names for thingsespecially in science
natty
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neatly and smartly dressed
narcissist
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someone in love with his own image or body.
muster
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gather or assemble. a formal military gathering to examine or test soldiers
Munificent
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very generous
Multifarious
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of many and various kinds
Morose
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sad and unhappy/Melancholy
Momentous
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very important: having great or lasting importance
Modicum
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Limited quantity
Modicum
only a modicum of skill is necessaryto put the kit together
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a small amount
Mitigate
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to make (something) less severe, harmful, or painful
mettle
the competition will test her mettle
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strength of spirit: ability to continue despite difficulties
daunted
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to make (someone) afraid or lessconfident
meticulous
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very careful about doing something in an extremely accurate and exact way
reckless
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not showing proper concern about the possible bad results of your actions
Modulate
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regulate
Nip it in bud
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suppress or destroy something at an early stage.
Nip
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bite or pinch sharply... go quickly
Nefarious
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very wicked
wicked
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morally bad: having or showing slightly bad thoughts in a way that is funny or not serious: very bad or unpleasant
nepotism
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favouring a close relative or blood relative
Omnipotent
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having complete or unlimited power. Almighty. omnipotent ruler
omnipresent
The problem is omnipresent and unavoidable.
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present in all places at all times
Omniscient
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knowing everything: having unlimited understanding or knowledge
Onus
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responsibility
optimum
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most favorable. the amount or degree of somethingthat is best or most effective
opulence
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great wealth or luxuriousness.
opus
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work
pallid
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very pale in a way that suggests poor health: dull and uninteresting
paradigm
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a model or pattern for something that may be copied: a theory or a group of ideas abouthow something should be done, made, or thought about
parity
Women have fought for parity with men in the workplace
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equality. the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
pausity
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shortage
Penury
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the state of being very poor: extreme poverty
patronize
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to give money or support to (someone or something)
perfidious
We were betrayed by a perfidiousally.
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disloyal and treacherous
pedagogy
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teaching or art of education
Pedant
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a person who annoys other people by correcting small errors and giving too much attention to minor details
pernicious
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causing great harm or damage often in a way that is not easily seen or noticed
tranquility
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noun: the quality or state of being calm
Ponder
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to think about or consider (something) carefully
Fury
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Violent anger: wild and dangerous force
Relentless
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continuing without becoming weaker, less severe, etc.: remaining strict or determined
Shun
He shuns parties and social events. After his divorce he found himself being shunned by many of his former friends.
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to avoid someone or something
Improvise
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to speak or perform without preparation: to make or create (something) by using whatever is available
Prevalent
a custom that was once prevalent here Those teaching methods are still prevalent at some schools. a fashion that is prevalent among teenagers
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accepted, done, or happening often or over a large area at a particular time: common or widespread
curb
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a short border along the edge of a street that is usually made of stone or concrete: something that controls or limits something else
feud (noun)
Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade
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a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate); especially: blood feud

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