D4

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apprise

Back 1

to inform

Hint 1

inform someone to get the prize

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arboreal

Back 2

of pertaining to a tree/trees

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argot

Back 3

a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group

Hint 3

ar guing

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arrant

Back 4

notoriously bad

Hint 4

ar - rant (and rave) so loud that everyone knows he is bad

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asperity

Back 5

harshness or roughness of temper

Hint 5

as - per
aspen volcano erupting

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augury

Back 6

omen

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auxiliary

Back 7

One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.

Hint 7

auxiliary services in Biola

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avow

Back 8

to declare openly

Hint 8

a - vow in a wedding

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baleful

Back 9

malignant

Hint 9

bale a handful of the tumor out

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bedaub

Back 10

To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.

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be it a little dab, can become a big smear

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berate

Back 11

to scold severly

Hint 11

be - rate: rate in public

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blandishment

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flattery intended to persuade

Hint 12

actually very bland embellishment
bland remark handed on a dish treated as a fake mint

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boisterous

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unchecked merriment or animal spirits

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like an oister

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boorish

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rude

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like a boor

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breach

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the violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation

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broach

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to mention, for the first time

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bumptious

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full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit

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full of bumps in relationships

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burnish

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to make brilliant or shining

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burnished bronze

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cabal

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A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose

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caleb and the 11 spies

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cajole

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to impose on or dupe by flattering speech

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jo - (vi) - al
but also to dupe (different from blandishment)

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callow

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without experience of the world

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shallower than a cow

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calumny

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slander

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slander in a column

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cant

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To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity

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the reformers must have done this when forced to re-cant

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capacious

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roomy

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capacity

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capitulate

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to surrender or stipulate terms

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put a cap on before its too late (surrender while you can still get a bargain on the thing)

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captious

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hypercritical

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always putting a cap on someone

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chagrin

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Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors

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opposite of grin

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circumlocution

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indirect or roundabout expression

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coddle

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to treat as a baby or an invalid

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coeval

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existing during the same period fo time, also a contemporary

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many evil rulers existing at the same time: co - evil

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cogitate

Back 31

consider carefully and deeply, ponder

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cognizant

Back 32

taking notice

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cognitively analyzing and noticing an ant

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collusion

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a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose

Hint 33

co - illusion on all parts
as opposed to "cabal," this word is negative