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To select and remove weak or inferior members from

• cull

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To relieve or make more bearabe

• alleviate

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Going on without interruptioncontinual

• incessant

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To cause to continue indefinitely

• perpetuate

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To compete for, as in a contest

• vie

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Intensely eager or passionate

• ardent

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To stare at often in a flirtatious and bold
manner

• ogle

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To find out for certain

• ascertain

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To give careful thought to to ponder

• contemplate

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Consciousness of expression or shortness of
duration

• brevity

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To convert from a code or secret writing into
ordinary languageTo decode

• decipher

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To thwart or make difficulties for

• stymie

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Anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to
figure out

• enigma

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Causing horrorExtremely gruesomeGlowing with
the redness of flames seen through a haze

• lurid

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To advance little by little beyond the usual
limits or boundaries

• encroach

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A very small amount, especially of money

• pittance

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To feel regret or sorrow over

• rue

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Compassionate, kind to other human beings or to
animals

• humane

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Harsh and gratingLoud and shrill

• strident

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To quarrel in a noisy or angry way

• wrangle

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To refrain from continuing something

• desist

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A remedy that relieves the effects of a poison

• antidote

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Bordering on being indecent or improper

• risque

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To discourage or prevent from taking action

• deter

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To cut into in order to study

• dissect

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A strong feeling that something bad is about to
happen

• foreboding

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A list of things to be done or considered

• agenda

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Lacking sound judgment not governed by reason

• irrational

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Liveliness of manner or appearance

• vivacity

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Inclined to give easilyLenient

• indulgent

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Having great bulk or volumeample

• voluminous

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Physical strength or courage to resist hardship,
illness, or fatigue

• stamina

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Necessary to complete somethingEssential

• integral

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Giving off light

• luminous

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Expressing strong feelingIntense

• vehement

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Having a tired lookWorn out

• haggard

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Marked by an ease by speaking or writing that
often shows lack of concern or sincerity

• glib

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To sit back in a relaxed wayTo sprawl

• loll

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A natural skill or abilityA talent

• flair

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A very confused and noisy scene

• bedlam

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A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease

• pestilence

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To punish by beatingTo rebuke or criticize
severely

• chastise

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To fail to develop, change, or move

• stagnate

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A person who accompanies younger people to see
that they behave properly

• chaperone

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To put off or postponeTo yield out of respect

• defer

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To hurt the reputation ofTo destroy confidence
or trust in

• discredit

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Showing impatience because of restrictions or
delays

• restive

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To urge with gentle and repeated requestsTo coax

• cajole

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Having a sharp taste or smell

• pungent

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Perfectly cleanspotless

• immaculate