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modest; not ostentatious
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unpretentious
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unduly conspicuous; intended to attract notice and impress others
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ostentatious
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a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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resentment
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a natural tendency or impulse
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instinctively
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worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable
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memorable
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causing mental discomfort; to disturb
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disquieting
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something cherished for its age or historical interest
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relic
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able to resist attack; unqonquerable
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impregnable
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to look upon or consider in a particular way
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regard
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a state of extreme confusion or agitation; uproar; commotion
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turmoil
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lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; false
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spurious
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passing; fleeting; brief
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transient
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outlandish or bizarre
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grotesque
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fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread; arrest; understanding
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apprehension
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offering little or no hope; gloomy
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bleak
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the act of rejecting or the state of being rejected
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rejection
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the act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face
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confrontation
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passing quickly
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fleeting
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destroy, put in a certain order; arrange
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dispose
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the act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another; the state of being changed; change
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conversion
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