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Completely honest, straightforward
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Guesswork.The detective's leads were based only on conjectures
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Instructiveshe found the book boring but didactic
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A nice way of saying something. she died= she passed away
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To estimate or deduce something through looking at the evidence.seeing the man covered in blood and holding the knife the policeman extrapolated that he was the murderer
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Can't understand, lacks cohesionmaggy's sentences were incoherent and no one knew what she was saying.
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To implyare you insinuating that i stole the jewels?
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Clear, easy to understand. opposite of incoherent.the teacher gave detailed lucid instructions that everyone understood.
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Using language persuasively most politicians are well versed in the art of rhetoric
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Accuracy, quick keen judgement, insight. the lawyer is well known for his acumen
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Dexterous, deft, good with hands.he was an adroit wood carver. he carved the animals quickly and easily.
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To make certain through an experiment/investigationbefore leaving the house mom checks the stove to ascertain that she turned it off.
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Shrewd, clevershe was astute enough to realize that he was lying
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Careful, discreet, prudentmary's circumspect decisions meant that she almost never got in trouble
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To disperse/ scatter widely the embarrassing story disseminated quickly through school.
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Deep/extensive learning martas erudition on ancient egyptian customs made her a valuable tomb raider.
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Applying scientific principals to animal breeding. emma had always been interested in animal husbandry since the first time she bred a rabbit.
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Obsession with rules and book learninglily's pedantic tendencies meant that she always pointed out our grammatical errors.
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Shrewd, clear sightedthe private investigator was very perspicacious
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Practicalhe was no fun to shop with because everything he bought was so pragmatic and boring.
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Being unusually smart or mature for your age"if you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious..supercalifragilisticexpealidoious."
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Formal proposalbefore i could do my project i had to submit a prospectus to the board
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Being unusually smart or mature for your age"if you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious..supercalifragilisticexpealidoious."
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Basic, elementryher rudimentary french skills were not enough to help her find her way home.
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Hard to understand.the professor's lecture on quantum physics was so abstruse that she didn't know what was going on.
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Insensitive, emotionally hardenedalthough he was a nice guy he was always making callous remarks so it was hard to be his friend
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Complex the routine was so convoluted that only the best dancers remembered it.
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Riddle, puzzle, mysterythe man was such an enigma that know one ever knew what he was thinking.
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Impenetrable, difficult to comprehend seth's handwriting was so inscrutable that even the best readers could not interpret his meaning.
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Reserved, hesitant she was reticent to participate in the argument
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Serious , unemotional she was normally so staid it was surprising to see her cry.
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Know/understood by a select few peopleon the island was an arcane treasure chest that only 2 pirates knew about.
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To absorb, make similaras they grew up all the puppies began to assimilate until it was impossible to tell them apart.
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Independenceyou gain autonomy when you leave your parents house
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Worldly and widely sophisticatednew york is more cosmopolitan then west virginia
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Something taken from another source90201 is a derivative of the show beverly hills 90201
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A group of attendantsshe showed up with her whole entourage of helpers
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Intended at or only understood by a small group.the play was very esoteric; most people were confused by it
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Faux pas, clumsy social errorthe pink leggings and leopard skin mittens were a fashion gaffe.
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Weird characteristics of one group or personone of his many idiosyncrasy's was ironing his jeans.
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Isolated, narrowtheir ideas were so insular that you could tell they'd never left their home town.
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Traditional, establishedthe court was very orthodox, nothing was surprising or innovative about it.
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Monarch, power to rule over others. he was the most powerful potentate in all the land.
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To scold , harshly criticise she had low self esteem because her mother was always castigating her.
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To issue official blame the government censured the school newspaper for all the student rebellions.
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The openly blamemr fitz denounced herman for his conduct in front of the entire assembly
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Seeking isolationafter her husband died she became reclusive and almost never went out.
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To release, give up on. harry relinquished his hold on the broom stick to catch the snitch.
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To release, give up on. harry relinquished his hold on the broom stick to catch the snitch.
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To give up (normally a title) prince renounced his name and became the artist formerly known as prince.
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Harshly abusive condemnation.the pastors vituperative speech made the people want to give up hope of ever getting to heaven.
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To restrict, draw a circle around, create boundries the archeologist circumscribed the excavation area on the map
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Touching, sharing a boundrythe two fields were contiguous and shared an apple tree.
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Wanting to reconcile, appeasing
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Plausible
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To free from blame
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Not open to controversy/discussion
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Officially condemn
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Prone to engage in lawsuits
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Devoted to/ supporter of a certain party/group/cause
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Equality (amount status value) to be up to parantonym is disparity
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Righteousness
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Neglecting a duty
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To reject validity/authority of something
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Faking pity or righteousness
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Principledhave a strong sense of right and wrong
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Concerned
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Seems like it could be true but its not
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To support with evidence
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Truthfulness
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To be freed from blame
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To convince using flattery
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Trickery
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Fawning servitude
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Insincere flatterer
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Selflessness
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Prominent
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To praise
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Full of praise
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Noble in mind and heart
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Humanitarian
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Respond to an event
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No longer existing or functioning
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Abolish
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To remove things people might object to before publishing
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To destroy
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Suppress
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Demolish
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Squash
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To usurp
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To thwart
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To lower in rank/prestige/esteem
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Mock
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Insulting
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To belittle
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Presumptuousness
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Disgraceful conduct
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Attack by calling it false
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Damage/disfigure
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Insulting
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To bother
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To seek revenge
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To be pompous
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Intense enthusiasm
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Exceeding all bounds
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Full of enthusiasm
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To decorate
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Extremely or deliberately shocking
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Given freely, unnecessary
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Extravagant
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Mournful
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Displaying great wealth
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Elaborately decorated
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A strong liking
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Repetitive
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Omnipresent
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Felt as though one were is taking part in the experience of feelings of another.
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A short scene or story
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A mixture
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To swamp
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Diverse
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A great variety
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To ease pain/burden
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To improve
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Helpful
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Able to cure
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Relieving or soothing symptoms without treating them
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Having healing powers
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Goes with something/brings something to perfection
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A representative of something
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Apt/ suited to the task
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Disguise
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To expose untruths
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Doubtful
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Deliberately deceptive
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To make up in order to deceive
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A false notion
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A false notion
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Untruthful
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Plausible but false
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Open to more than one interpretation
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Uncertain
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Not showing emotion
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Impulsive and unpredictable
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Topen to more than one interpretation
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Topen to more than one interpretation
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Inconsistant
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Impulsive and passionate
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Having no pattern or order
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Oscillate, to sway