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abject
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miserable, wretched poor-spirtied
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after i ejected the video, and saw what condition it was in, my day was ruined
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abscond
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to run away and hide, to flee, esp. from the law
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her scones are so good, ppl tend to abscond with them
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acrid
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shapr bitter, stinging ot the taste or smell, bitterly pungent
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acid smells
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aesthetic
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pertaining to art or beauty, artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful.
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even though its fake, it is still beautiful
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alluvial
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pertaianing to silt, sand or clay deposited by flowing water, esp. along a rever bed
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i was so happy about the alluvial deposites, I was alooft
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anathema
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solemn curse, a thing or person accursed anything gratly detsted a formal curse exocmmunicated someong from a church
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her asthma ostrasized her from the church b/c it was stuffy
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austere
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stern severe harsh lacking ornament
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ostriches are very austere, i have never seen one have much of a personality
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calyx
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the outer covering at the abst of a flower, including sepals
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Pedro! Look at the fine calyx on that daisy!
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circumspect
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cautious, prudent, careful
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if u whish to be circumspect, you at your surroundings
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complaisant
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oblinging wishing to splease amiable selfsatified
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she complained and complained untill finally fidel was complaisant
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coterie
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a small select group a social set, clique, group that meets socially; select circle.
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marcus, phillipe, fransico, valincia all made up an international coterie
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dichotomy
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a division into two parts or opinions; branching into two parts
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dormant
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asleep or acting as if asleep latent sleep9ing lethargic torpid
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elicit
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to draw forth, evoke draw out
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"now you elicit to me!" shouted patsy "you better show me where thats hidden!"
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ennui
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boredom, weriness born of dissatisfaction or inactivity
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she was bored of her hum drum english life, so to spice it up, she said the word ennui, so others may get the impression that gloria is bilingual.
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bilious
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sour, dab tempered crabbed
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as Bill walked to school, he angrily cursed the fact that his name was so ordinary.
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captious
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quibbling sophistical carping fault-finding
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and to cap it all of, jasmine is incredibly captious!
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fatuous
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silly complacently foolish
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it was hard to take the infamously fatuous fat man seriously about dieting.
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disdain
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despise abhor, consider unworthy
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my lady disdain! spat the shaksperian scholar at the hoe down the block
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harangue
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noisy pompous speech
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instead of just calling it a speech, miss poopy panties called her presentation a harangue
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harbinger
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sign, forteller, presager
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portentous
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fortelling presaging prodigious with news
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"This port is so portentious" said starquifah "it may change our lives forever"
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contumely
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scorn contempt insolence
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Rabbi goldenschitz brushed the new bar mitzvah aside w/ contumely
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