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Apt
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(adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn
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Awry
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(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
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Bludgeon
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(n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
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Capitulate
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(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender
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Chafe
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(v.) to wear sore by rubbing; annoy; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing
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Defile
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(v.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of
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Dire
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(adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
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Disarming
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(adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
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Disgruntled
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(part., adj.) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
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Encroach
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(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
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Endow
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(v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
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Fend
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(v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
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Impunity
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(n.) freedom from punishment
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Mien
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(n.) air, manner; appearance; expression
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Penal
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(adj.) having to do with punishment
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