Eighth Grade Vocab

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Ambiguous

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Vague or Unclear due to haveing more than one possible meaning or interpreation

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image

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An image is a word that appeals to or stimulates one or more senses. Images can be visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory.

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Redundant

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inneceessaru repetition of word or idea

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trite

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overused or commonplace

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cliche

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a trite expression

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Distraught

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Worried, anxious

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Bickering

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arguing

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Pandemonium

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Wild Excitement

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Bedlam

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extreme confusion

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somber

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Sad

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Apprehension

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Dread, Anxiety

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Dismal

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Dreary, bleak

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Avert

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to Turn Away

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Dissipate

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to svatter or disperse

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Mundane

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Plain, boring, Same old same old

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Oblivion

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Forgetfulness

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perpetual

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continual

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Vexed

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Irritated

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Sagacity

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Wisdom

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Audacity

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Boldness, Balls

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Derision

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Scorn, Ridicule

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Stealthy

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Sly, Sneaky

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Bliss

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Extreme Joy

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Epithaph

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An Insctiption, Generally on a tomb, that serves a memorial to the deceased

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Inpudent

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Disrespectful, Rude

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Surreptitious

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Stealthy, Furtive

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Gaunt

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Very thin, Bony

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Haughty

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Excessively Proud

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Jubilant

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Filled wit joy

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Agape

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Wide open

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Blasphemy

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Contemptuous act or utterance concerning god

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Heathen

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Someone who does not ackowledge God of Abrham

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Agnostic

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someone who doesn't believe in god but does not deny god's esictence as there is no proof either way

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Dogma

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a belief taught to be true, never to be questioned

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Atheist

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one who denies or rejects the existence of a supreme being

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Heretic

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One who rejects or breaks away form an accepted system of beliefs

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cynical

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suspicious or skeptical of others' motives

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Messiah

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A savior

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Ominous

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threatening, dangerous

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Miffed

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Upset

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benign

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Kind, gentle

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superfluous

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unnecessary

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nettled

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upset

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Pious

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religious, devout

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preposterous

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ridiculous

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Bewildered

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COnfused

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Pariah

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outcast

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animosity

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hostillity

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treacherous

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dangerous

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fervent

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passionate

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Glower

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glare

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Pertinent

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Related

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Irrelevant

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Not realted to

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Pagan

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Heathen

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Gall

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Nerve, Balls

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Irreconilable

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unable to coexist

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scrutinize

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examine closely

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incontrovertible

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can not be disputed

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Melange

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a mixture

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exultant

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jubilant, happy

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Indignat

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angry over a precived incjustice

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incredulous

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disblieving

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innocuous

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harmless

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vanity

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ego

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alliteration

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repetition of the initial consonant sound in 2 or more words

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consonance

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repeitition of final consonant sound in 2 or more words

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assonance

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repetition of the non-final consonat sound in 2 or more words

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inane

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extremely foolish

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galleon

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a large shanish ship of war or trade of the 15th and 16th centuries

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rapier

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a short sword with a thin, shrp blade

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onomatopoeia

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a word that repersents a sound

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spendthrift

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a reson who spends careelessly and/or inpulsively

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miser

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a person who hoards money or material possessions

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concurrent

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occurring at the same time

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stigma

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mark or reutaion of shame or disgrace

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Furtive

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Sly, sneaky

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Taciturn

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Silent

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Purdent

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Carefull

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Malevolent

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evil

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Nebulous

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hazy

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contebtuous

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argumentative

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auspicious

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having good luck

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placid

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calm

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umbrage

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offence

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unevitable

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unavoidable

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Elucidate

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to explain or clarify

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affluent

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rich

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amiable

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friendly

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acrimonious

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hostile

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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mollify

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appease

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expunge

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delet

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exhilaration

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elation, extreme joy

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adamant

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inflecible or unyielding in on'es position or beliefs

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vehment

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intense

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devout

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pious

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inpertinent

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rude

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brevity

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briefness

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purloined

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stolen

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commenmorate

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to honor the memory of someone/something wit a ceremony

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Morose

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sullen

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dejected

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depressed

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aloof

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distant in one's relationships

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belligerent

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hostile

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retort

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to reply angerily

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affable

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friendly

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connoisseur

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a person who has knowlegde in some field apprectated the highest quality

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diabolical

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devilish

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abominable

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vile

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melancholy

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EXTREMELY SAD