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abhorrent
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in conflict, utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious;abominable
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admonish
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reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia; heavenly
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confine
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shut up; imprison; keep in narrow; cramped quarters
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decade
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ten years
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detonate
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explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode
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ephemeral
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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient
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gullible
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easily cheated or deceived
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haggle
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dispute or argue over a price
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immerse
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plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck; engross; absorb
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insomnia
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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
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lapse
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slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault; interval
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probe
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critical inquiry into suspected iligal activity; investigation
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render
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hand down officially; deliver
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repast
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food for one occasion of eating; meal
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replenish
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bring back to condition of being full; refill
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score
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group or set of 20
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snub
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act or instance of snubbing; treating with contempt; rebuff; slight; insult
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suture
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strand or fiver used to sew parts of the living body; also stitch made with such material
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unwittingly
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unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
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