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abate

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to make less in amount

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adulation

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praise or excessive flattery

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anathema

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an object of intense dislike

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astute

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shrewd, crafty

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avarice

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a greedy desire

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culpable

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deserving blame

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diliatory

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tending to delay

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egregious

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conspicuous

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equivocate

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to speak in a way allowing for more than 1 interpretation

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evanescent

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vanishing

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irresolute

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unable to make up one's mind

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nebulous

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cloudlike

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novice

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a beginner

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penury

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extreme poverty

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pretentious

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done for show

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recapitulate

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to review a series of facts

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resuscitate

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to revive

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slovenly

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untidy, dirty

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supposition

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something that is assumed

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torpid

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inactive, sluggish

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accrue

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to grow over time

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annotation

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critical note

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bedlam

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a state of uproar

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covert

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hidden

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debonair

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pleasant, courteous

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dun

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to demand a payment

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efficacious

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effective

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equanimity

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clamness

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fortuitous

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accidental

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gist

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the essential part

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gratuitous

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freely given

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imperious

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overbearing, arrogant

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invective

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strong denunciation

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motley

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showing great variety

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munificent

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extremely generous

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procrastinate

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to delay

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provocative

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tending to produce strong feeling

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recondite

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exceeding ordinary knowledge

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reprobate

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a depraved, vicious person

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sedentary

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characterized by sitting

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abstemious

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moderate, sparing

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censurable

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deserving correction

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contingent

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likely to happen, depending on uncertain events

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corroborate

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to confirm

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denizen

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an inhabitant

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discursive

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nomadic

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disseminate

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to scatter

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dowdy

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poorly dressed

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florid

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highly colored

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foist

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to impose by fraud

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gauche

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awkward in society

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heresy

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opinion different from accepted beliefs

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inculcate

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to impress on the mind by repetition

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palpable

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touchable

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perceptive

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having sympathy

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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salient

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leaping, jumping

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satiate

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to satisfy completely

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sear

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to make dry

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specious

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deceptive

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absolve

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to clear from blame

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caricature

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a picture where objects parts are exagerated

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clangor

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loud ringing sound

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contiguous

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side by side

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cupidity

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eager desire for something

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deleterious

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harmful

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enhance

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to raise to a higher degree

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enthrall

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to captivate

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extenuate

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to lesson the seriousness of something

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implicit

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implied though unexpressed

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incisive

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sharp, keen

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ostentatious

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showy

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paragon

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model of excellence

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paraphrase

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to restate

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politic

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prudent

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prosaic

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dull

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redundant

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extra

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sanctimonious

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making a show of virtue

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scintillating

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sparkling

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winsome

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charming

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abet

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to assist

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aver

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to affirm

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blatant

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noisy in an offensive way

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broach

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to begin to talk about

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buttress

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to support

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carousal

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noisy revelry

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collate

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to compare critically

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connoisseur

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an expert

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disconsolate

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deeply unhappy

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encumber

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weigh down

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foment

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to promote trouble

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grisly

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fightful

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herculean

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great strength

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impassive

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showing no feeling

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inauspicious

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unfavorable

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incontrovertible

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unquestionable

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nonplussed

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puzzled

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opportune

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suitable for a purpose

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prolific

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abundantly productive

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rejoinder

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reply to a reply

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amenable

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willing to follow advice

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berate

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to scold sharpely

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carnage

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large scale loss of life

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credulous

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too ready to believe

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criterion

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a rule, test

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deplete

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to diminish greatly

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expatiate

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to expand on

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extraneous

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coming from the outside

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inception

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the start

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infirmity

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a weakness

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jejune

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lacking in nutritive value

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obdurate

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stubborn

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potpourri

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a mixture

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precocious

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showing unusual early development

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sadistic

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delighting in cruelty

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sententious

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self righteous

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supplicate

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to beg earnestly

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surfeit

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an excess

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tortuous

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winding, twisted

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turgid

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swollen