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LL C 6,7

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  1. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  2. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
  3. sensation
    an awareness of some type of stimulation
  4. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  5. mainstream
    the prevailing current of thought
  6. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
  7. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  8. critic
    a person engaged in the analysis and interpretation of art
  9. bucket
    a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  10. commissioner
    a member of a special group considering some matter
  11. intricacy
    the quality of having elaborately complex detail
  12. fake
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  13. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  14. parabolic
    resembling or expressed by a short story with a moral or lesson
  15. virtual
    being actually such in almost every respect
  16. circumstance
    the set of facts that surround a situation or event
  17. resignation
    the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession
  18. magical
    possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
  19. wimpy
    weak and ineffectual
  20. bother
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  21. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
  22. brat
    a very troublesome child
  23. feedback
    the process in which output of a system is returned to input
  24. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  25. gig
    a job, especially a temporary job
  26. sensational
    relating to elementary awareness of stimulation
  27. proposal
    the act of making a suggestion
  28. journalist
    a person who writes or broadcasts news stories
  29. spectacular
    sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
  30. romance
    a relationship between two lovers
  31. dismiss
    stop associating with
  32. coddle
    cook in nearly boiling water
  33. hydration
    the process of combining with water
  34. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  35. astronaut
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
  36. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
  37. suspend
    bar temporarily
  38. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  39. loophole
    an ambiguity that makes it possible to evade an obligation
  40. accomplish
    achieve with effort
  41. detriment
    a damage or loss
  42. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  43. mutter
    talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
  44. humiliate
    cause to feel shame
  45. perseverance
    the act of continuing or repeating
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