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Notes 15. Beseech — appeal, implore, crave, beg.
16. Beauty — elegance, grace, charm, attractiveness.
17. Babble — nonsense, bombast, jargon.
18. Bandit — robber, plagiarist.
19. Bashful — reserve, shy, coy, demure.
20. Bemoan — lament, mourn, grieve, weep over.
21. Booty — spoil, plunder, prey.
22. Burnished — polished, sleek, glossy.
23. Circumstance — factor, situation, condition.
24. Copy — reproduction, replica, fascimile, tracing, transcription, impression.
25. Compensatory — compensating, countervailing, balancing.
26. Connect — attach, annex, tag, clip, contact.
27. Continuity — cohesion, connectedness, tenaciousness.
28. Comprehensive — omnibus, encyclopaedic, all-embracing, full-length.
29. Constitute — compose, form, make, construct, organise, build.
30. Complex — intricate, complicated, mazy, winding.
31. Curial — judicial, inquisitional.
32. Caress — love, fondle, dandle, pat, hug.
33. Contend — combat, strive, struggle, fight, campaign, tussle, wrestle, grapple.
34. Co-operation — reciprocity, sympathy, co-existence, league, amity, compatibility.
35. Cajole — flatter, wheedle, inveigle.
36. Celibacy — bachelorhood, chastity.
37. Cling — stick, adhere, hug.
38. Calamity — disaster, affliction, distress.
39. Cheerless — dejected, gloomy, mournful, sad.
40. Competent — capable, learned, efficient, clever.
41. Degree — proportion, ratio, scale.
42. Disjoin — disunite, dissociate, divorce, part, sever, disconnect, unplug.
43. Disorder — incoordination, muddle, chaos, anarchy.
44. Disclose — reveal, expose, unveil, unfold.
45. Dislike — repugnance, detestation, loathing, abhorrence, disfavour, disaffection.
46. Degrading — lowering, demeaning, ignominious, derogatory.
47. Dangerous — dreadful, fearsome, awesome.
48. Defiant — proud, provocative, bellicose, militant, disobedient
49. Disfigure — deform, cripple, maim, deface.
50. Damn — curse, swear, scold, denounce.
51. Dandy — coxcomb, puppy, man about town.
52. Deceit — fraud, bluff, guile, knavery.
53. Deity — omnipotence, providence, God.
54. Demise — death, decease, eternal rest, expiry.
55. Devoid — release, exempt from, immune from, empty.
56. Existence — life, being, absoluteness.
57. Ethnic — racial, tribal, phyletic, clannish.

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