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120 Cards in this Set
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ABHOR
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hate
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ABSCOND
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escape quickly and secretly
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ABSOLVE
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to free from guilt (e.g., for a crime)
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ACCEDE
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agree to (e.g., a request)
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ACCELERATE
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speed up
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ACCOST
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confront and speak to
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ACQUIESCE
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to give in; to agree to a request or demand
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ADHERE
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give support to (e.g., a cause)
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ADJOURN
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put off to a later time (e.g., a meeting
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ALLAY
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calm (e.g., fears)
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ALLEGE
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claim
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ALLEVIATE
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to lessen or relieve discomfort or pain
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ALLOT
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assign (e.g., a share)
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ALLUDE
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refer to (e.g., a book)
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ALTER
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change
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AMASS
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accumulate
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AMELIORATE
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make better or more tolerable
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APPEASE
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to pacify or soothe by giving in to demands
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ASSENT
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agree
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ASSUAGE
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to lessen the pain of
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ATONE
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make up for (e.g., a sin)
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ATROPHY
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waste away from lack of use
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AUGMENT
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add to
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AVERT
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prevent
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BAFFLE
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puzzle
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BAN
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forbid, ban from an area or consideration
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BAR
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exclude
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BEFALL
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happen to
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BELITTLE
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insult or degrade
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BERATE
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scold
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BESEECH
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plead
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BESTOW
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grant, from a superior to an inferior (used with or upon)
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CEDE
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give up (e.g., territory)
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CENSOR
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limit communication to prevent loss of secrets
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CENSURE
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blame
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CHAR
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scorch
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CHASTISE
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punish
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CHIDE
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scold
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CITE
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mention in order to prove something
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COALESCE
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come together as one
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COLLABORATE
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work with someone
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COMMEND
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praise
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COMPLY
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act in answer to (e.g., a request)
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CONCEDE
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admit that something is true (e.g., an argument)
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CONCUR
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agree
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CONDESCEND
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patronize; talk down to in an insulting way
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CONDONE
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approve of
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CONSTRICT
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squeeze
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CULL
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pick out
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CURTAIL
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cut short or reduce
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DEDUCE
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come to a conclusion from given facts
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DEEM
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consider
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DEFER
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postpone
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DEFRAY
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pay at least part of
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DELETE
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remove or erase (e.g., a word)
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DELVE
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investigate
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DENOUNCE
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to speak out against or loudly criticize
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DEPLETE
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use up
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DEPLORE
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be sorry about
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DEPRIVE
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keep someone from having or getting something
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DERIDE
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ridicule or laugh at contemptuously
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DESECRATE
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defile a holy place
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DESPISE
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scorn
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DETAIN
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delay someone from doing something
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DETEST
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hate
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DETRACT
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take away from
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DEVOUR
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eat up greedily
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DIGRESS
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depart from the subject under consideration
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DILUTE
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weaken by adding something less strong (e.g., a mixture)
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DISBURSE
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pay out
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DISCERN
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make out clearly (e.g., a pattern)
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DISCRIMINATE
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to differentiate or make a distinction based on some quality; usually has the modern connotation of unfair racial, ethnic or gender bias
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DISDAIN
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look down on with scorn
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DISINTEGRATE
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fall apart
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DISMAY
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dishearten
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DISPARAGE
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belittle, say negative things about
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DISPEL
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drive away
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DISPERSE
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scatter
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DISRUPT
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break up or disturb
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DISTORT
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present incorrectly (e.g., facts)
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DIVERGE
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go in different directions
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DIVERT
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turn from a course (e.g., a stream)
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DIVULGE
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reveal
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DON
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put on (e.g., clothing)
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DRONE
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talk on and on in a dull, boring way; also, an unmanned aircraft
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EFFACE
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blot out
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EFFECT
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bring about (verb); result (noun)
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EJECT
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throw out
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ELATE
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make happy
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EMIT
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give forth (e.g., sounds)
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EMULATE
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imitate as a role model
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ENCOUNTER
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meet
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ENCROACH
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intrude on (e.g., property)
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ENDEAVOR
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try
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ENDOW
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provide with (e.g., a desirable quality)
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ENHANCE
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increase the value of
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ENSUE
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follow as a result
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ENTHRALL
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captivate or charm completely, as if under a spell
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ENTREAT
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plead
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ERR
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make a mistake
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ERUPT
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break out
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ESTEEM
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value
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EVADE
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avoid or escape from someone or something
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EVICT
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expel
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EXALT
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raise to greater heights
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EXCEED
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surpass
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EXEMPLIFY
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serve as a representative, example of
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EXPEDITE
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speed up the handling of
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EXPLOIT
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take advantage of a situation or a person
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FACILITATE
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make easier
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FALTER
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stumble
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FAMISH
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starve
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FEIGN
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pretend
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FLAUNT
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show off
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FLOURISH
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thrive
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FLOUT
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defy openly or mockingly
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FOIL
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prevent
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FORGO
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do without
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FORSAKE
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abandon
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FRUSTRATE
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prevent someone from acheiveing something
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