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Sagacious
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having or showing sound judgment,wise
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sagittarious
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satiate
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to satisfy an appetitei or desire fully, to indulge to excess
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sat=> satisfy
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scurrilous
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coarse, abusive, insulting
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scurs...curse
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soporific
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sleep inducing
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beer tastes soapy
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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gpa's stentorian voice ...historian
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sporadic
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occasional, appearing in scattered or isolated instances not widespread
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tantamount
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equal in effect; equivalent
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tautological
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needlessly reapeating the same idea in different words
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are not logical
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tenuous
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unsubstancial thin shaky uncertain
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tendons are easily snapped
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent, being or seeming to be everwhere at the same time
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ubi=where
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utopian
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founded upon or involving imaginary or ideal perfection, visiouary; characteristic of an ideal society
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vagary
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whim caprice flight of fancy
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vernal
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spring like, fresh and young
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vegetation
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wily
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calucualting sly crafty
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wily e. cayote
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zenith
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peak of achievemtn summit point in the heavens directly
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the points of the letter z
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dour
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sullen, gloomy, sour
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rhymes
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ebullient
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enthusiastic exuberant, high spirited used chiefly of people
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bubbly
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ecstatic
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over powered by delight thrilled
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enervate
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deprive of nervous energy weaken tire out deaded
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opposite of energize
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engender
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cause, produce, bring forth, give brith to, create, generate
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to make the gender
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ephemeral
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short-lived fleeting evanescent
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a small flame
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esoteric
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hidden secret concealed
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expiate
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atone for make amend for appease
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the pious expiate their sins
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fiasco
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complete utter failure; collapse crash complete or dicculous failure
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flaccid
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flabby weak limpness
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