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n. Syn. scarcity
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops


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v. Syn. decay
decay


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v.
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty


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v.
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something


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a. Syn. neat; skillful
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance


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v. Syn. show; confirm; prove; manifest
show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove


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n. Syn. ancestry; origin
ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward


Spelling Word: descent
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n. Syn. goal; end
ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed


Spelling Word: destination
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v. Syn. decline
become worse; decline


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v. Syn. invent; plan
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will


Spelling Word: devise