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3 letters

SET
Several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

5 letters

DENSE
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

CLOSE
The concluding part of any performance

TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

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NARROW
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

BIASED
Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"

STODGY
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

HOMING
Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination; "the homing instinct"; "a homing beacon"

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BIGOTED
Blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; "a bigoted person"; "an outrageously bigoted point of view"

COVERED
Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

ESCAPED
Having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"

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MODERATE
A person who takes a position in the political center

HARDENED
Made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett

HOMINIAN
Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures

SHIELDED
(used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

CORNERED
Forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"

CORNERED
Forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"

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CAVERNOUS
Being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"

CLUBBABLE
Inclined to club together; "a clubbable man"

BOURGEOIS
A member of the middle class

COUNTERED

SHELTERED
Protected from danger or bad weather; "a sheltered harbor"

SECTARIAN
A member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"

EXCLUSIVE
A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

PRESERVED
Prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

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PROTECTIVE
Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

ASYMMETRIC
Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

CLUBSHAPED

PROVINCIAL
Of or associated with a province; "provincial government"

INTOLERANT
Narrow-minded about cherished opinions

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RESOURCEFUL
Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

COMMONPLACE
A trite or obvious remark

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CONVENTIONAL
Unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

SHIELDSHAPED

NARROWMINDED

CONSERVATIVE
Avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

ASYMMETRICAL
Irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"

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SETINONESWAYS

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TRADITIONALIST
One who adheres to traditional views