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SAPROPHYTE
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LIVES ON DECAYING MATTER
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ACRIMONY
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BITTER FEELINGS
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QUILL
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PRECURSOR OF THE FOUNTAIN PEN
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MANGLE
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USED TO IRON THINGS
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EXPURGATE
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CENSOR
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SYLLOGISM
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PRESENTATION OF A MAJOR AND MINOR PREMISE, A CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM TWO PREMISES
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LITERARY ALLUSION
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TO COMPARE A POINT WITH SOME CONCEPT OR PERIOD IN TIME
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IMPIOUS
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IRREVERENT
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ABROGATE
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ABOLISH OR ANNUL
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ABRIDGMENT
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OPPOSITE OF REDUNDANT
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REPUDIATE
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SEPARATE FROM, DISOWN OR DISAVOW
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ASCETIC
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SELF-DENYING
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ABSTEMIOUS
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PERSON WHO IS MODERATE OR TEMPERATE IN EATING OR DRINKING
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AUSTERE
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STERN HARSH, MORALLY STRICT
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SCURRILOUS
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ABUSIVE OR OFFENSIVE
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SYBARITIC
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SENSUALISTIC OR HEDONISTIC
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EFFUSIVE
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TOO EMOTIONAL
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EFFECTUAL
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HAVING THE POWER TO PRODUCE THE EXACT EFFECT
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SANGUINE
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HOPEFUL
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CONJUGAL
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PERTAININ TO MARRIAGE
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GABBLED
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SCRAMBLED TO OBTAIN A RESULT
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CONCUPISCENT
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LUSTFUL
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MARAUDING
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GOING IN SEARCH OF A PLUNDER AND BOOTY
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INDEMNIFIED
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REIMBURSEMENT FOR A LOSS OR DAMAGE
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MISONEISM
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FEAR OF CHANGE AND INNOVATION
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MISOGYNISM
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FEAR OF WOMEN
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MALEDICTION
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A CURSE
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MALFEASANCE
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OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT
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RECIDIVISM
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THE TENDENCY TO RELAPSE INTO BAD BEHAVIOR
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CHAMOIS
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MADE FROM LEATHER
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CHINTZ
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COTTON
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MADRAS
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COTTON
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RAYON
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CELLULOSE
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PUGILISM
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FIGHTING WITH THE FISTS
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FACADE
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FRONT PART OF AN EDIFICE
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UNCTUOUS
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FAWNING OR INGRATIATING
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ABSTRUSE=RECONDITE
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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
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BUMPTIOUS
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IMPERTINENT
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LUGUBRIOUS
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MOURNFUL
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CONSONANCE
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AGREEMENT
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CONSIGN
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COMMIT, ENTRUST
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VENIAL
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FORGIVEABLE
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INEFFABLE
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INDESCRIBABLE
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HEINOUS
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ABOMINABLE, OUTRAGEOUS
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TARRYING
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STAYING
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VESTIGE
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TRACE OF SOMETHING LOST
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RECUMBENT
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LAYING DOWN
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FACTIOUS
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INCLINED TO DISPUTE
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BELLICOSE
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AGGRESSIVE
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FRACTIOUS
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INCLINED TO DISPUTE
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PROBITY
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TRIED AND PROVEN HONESTY
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PERFIDY
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FAITHLESSNESS
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FACTITIOUS
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ARTIFICIAL
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RAPACIOUS
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GRASPING
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POTTAGE
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THICK STEW
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PHLEGMATIC
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APATHETIC, HARD TO AROUSE
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STOLID
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DULL
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TUTELAGE
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CUSTODY OF A PERSON, USUALLY A CHILD; GUARDIANSHIP, TEACHING
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SHEATH
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AROUND A KNIFE
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ABERRANT
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OPPOSITE OF NORMAL
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INDIGESTED
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NOT CAREFULLY THOUGHT OVER; FORMLESS OR SHAPELESS
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IMMISCIBILITY
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LACK OF COHESIVENESS
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DECLENSION
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DETERIORATION; PERVERSION
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ASSEVERATE
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DECLARE THE TRUTH OF SOMETHING; AVER; ALLEGE; ASSERT
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AGRONAUT
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ADVENTURER
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ABATEMENT
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LESSENING; VOIDING AN AGREEMENT
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PASSEL
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FAIRLY LARGE GROUP
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VIM
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ENERGY
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LEGION
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MULTITUDE
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PROFUSE
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GIVEN FREELY OR ABUNDANTLY
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OBDURATE
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HARDENED IN FEELING, UNYIELDING
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PENITENT
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SORRY FOR SINS OR FAULTS
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VINCTURE
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ANTONYM OF SEGREGATION
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ADJUNCT
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ANTONYM IS DETRUNCATE
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BLASPHEMY
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IRREVERENCE; HATEFUL SWEARING REMARK
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DEIGN
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LOWER ONESELF; STOOP, HUMBLE ONESELF
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BERATE
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TO BELITTLE
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EXHORTED
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URGED BY WORDS OF GOOD ADVICE OR CAUTIONED
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CENSURE
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BLAME OR CRITICISM
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REPARTEE
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CLEVER, WITTY RETORT
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SORTIE
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MISSION OR AN ATTACK
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COLLOQUY
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DIALAGOUE REQUIRING 2 SPEAKERS
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SOLILOQUY
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MONOLOGUE THAT PRESENTS THE CHARACTERS INNER REFLEXIONS
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OBLOQUY
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SPEAK ABUSIVELY OR OFFENSIVELY
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ABNEGATION
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SELF DENIAL
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TURPITUDE
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SELF-DEPRAVITY
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CALUMNY
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FALSE CHARGES OR MISREPRESENTATION
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BIDDABLE
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OBEDIENT
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IMBUE
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PERMEATE
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FRAILTY
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WEAKNESS, FLAW; VULNERABILITY
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TRITE
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OVERWORKED OR OVERUSED
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CLOISTER
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SECLUSION FROM WORLD
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SINUOUS
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CARVING, WINDING
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AMERCEMENT
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PENALTY
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STRIDENT
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HARSH
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DEMURE
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COY
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SUCCOR
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AID, HELP
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MALEFACTION
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EVIL DEED
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COGNATE
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OF SIMILAR NATURE
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ZEPHYR
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GENTLE WIND
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CORACHE
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TINY BOAT
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ANTITHESIS
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OPPOSITE OR CONTRAST
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PIOUS
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SELF-CONSCIOUSLY VIRTUOUS
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CHASTE
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PURE IN THOUGHT AND DEED
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INGENUOUS
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CANDID, FORTHRIGHT
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PROSAIC
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DULL, TEDIOUS, COMMONPLACE
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MOUNTEBANK
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CHARLATAN
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APLOMB
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SELF-POSSESION
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CORNICE
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AN ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENT
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PENCHANT
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TO INCLINE TO AN ATTACHMENT TO SOMETHING
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PROCLIVITY
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STRONG INCLINATION
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DEFLECTION
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TO AVOID (opp. proclivity)
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PROPINQUITY
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DENOTES A CLOSENESS IN A RELATIONSHIP
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CHIVALROUS
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GALLANT OR COURTEOUS
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MODICUM
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SMALL PORTION
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FERAL
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WILD OR UNTAMED
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CULTIVATED
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IMPROVED OR REFINED
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UNCTUOUS
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SMUG (OPP. IS AGITATED)
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INGRATIATE
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TO WIN FAVOR
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INVIDIOUS
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TO INCITE ILL WILL
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PLATITUDINOUS
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TRITE; COMMONPLACE
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ANTIQUITY
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DISTANT PAST
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VERTIGINOUS
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TENDING TO MAKE ONE DIZZY
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ARIA
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PART OF AN OPERA
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HETERODOX
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UNORTHODOX
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CUPIDITY
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EXTREME FORM OF BEING COVETOUS
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LITHE
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THIN AND FLEXIBLE
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MONASTIC
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RECLUSIVE
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INIQUITY
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SINFULNESS, EVIL
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UNEXPURGATED
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UNCENSURED, NOT CRITIZED
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FOIBLE
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SMALL WEAKNESS
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HACKNEYED
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VERY FAMILIAR; OVERUSE
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HELLION
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A MISCHIEVOUS PERSON
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RAKE
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A DISSOLUTE PERSON; PURSUES PLEASURE WITH NO THOUGHT FOR THE CONSEQUENCES
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FOP
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PERSON OVERLY CONCERNED WITH CLOTHING
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CAD
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IMMORAL PERSON
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UPBRAID
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TO SCOLD
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MUSS
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TO MAKE MESSY OR UNTIDY
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REPROVE
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VOICE DISPROVAL
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ABBATOIR
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE
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OFFAL
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UNUSED PARTS OF BUTCHERED ANIMALS
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SMELTER
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PLACE WHERE METAL IS SMELTED OR EXTRACTED FROM THE RAW ORE
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SLAG
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USELESS ROCK LEFT BEHIND
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LEES
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DREGS OR USELESS SEDIMENT IN WINE
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PRECARIOUS
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DOUBTFUL
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LANGOUR
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INACTIVITY
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SUSSURUS
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WHISPERING SOUND
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OBEISANT AND CAPITULATED
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REFERS TO SUBMISSION
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LICENTIOUS
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SUGGESTS LACK OF RESTRAINT
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HOMOGRAPHS/HETERONYMS
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WORDS THAT ARE SPELLED THE SAME BUT HAVE DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATIONS AND MEANINGS
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HOMOPHONES
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SOUND ALIKE; DIFFERENT IN SPELLING AND MEANING
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HOMONYMS
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SPELLED AND PRONOUNCED THE SAME; DIFFERENT IN MEANING
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PORTRAITURE AND ROULADE
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REFER TO MUSIC
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LEITMOTIV
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REFERS TO A REPEATED PHRASE ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR PERSON OR MOOD
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FULMINATE
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VIOLENCE
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PERSPICACITY
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A KEEN MENTAL UNDERSTANDING
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APOTHEOSIZE
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TO GLORIFY OR TO DEIFY
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DEPRACATION
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DISAPROVAL, WITH REGRET
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SERVILITY
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SUBMISIVENESS
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COMPLAISANT
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AMIABLE
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AVARICE
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GENEROSITY IS ANTONYM
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PORIFERAN
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TYPE OF SPONGE
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TERMAGANT
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QUARRELSOME WOMAN
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VERMICULATED
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FORMAED WITH IRREGULAR LINES OR IMPRESSIONS
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OSTENTATION
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UNEARNED DISPLAY
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STRIDULATION
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TYPE OF NOISE
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MALFEASANT
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PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO COMMITS A WRONG
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SUBJUGATED
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CONQUERED
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OFFICIOUS
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DUTIFUL OR INFORMAL
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DOCTRINAIRE
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DICTATORIAL
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ESCHATOLOGY
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DOCUMENT CONTAINING FINAL MATTERS
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ESTUARY
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TYPE OF INLET
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ESCROW
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TYPE OF DOCUMENT
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POLTROONERY
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FORTITUDE
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IN CONSONANT
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UNSYMPATHETIC, UNFEELING PERSONALITY
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HALCYON
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PEACEFUL
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AUSPICIOUSNESS
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SUCCESSFUL OR FAVORABLE
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PITTANCE
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VERY SMALL AMOUNT
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OBSTREPEROUS
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BOISTEROUS, LOUD ACTION
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REFECTION
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REFRESHMENT, RESTORATION
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AVARICE
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GENEROSITY IS ANTONYM
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PORIFERAN
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TYPE OF SPONGE
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TERMAGANT
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QUARRELSOME WOMAN
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VERMICULATED
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FORMAED WITH IRREGULAR LINES OR IMPRESSIONS
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OSTENTATION
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UNEARNED DISPLAY
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STRIDULATION
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TYPE OF NOISE
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MALFEASANT
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PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO COMMITS A WRONG
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SUBJUGATED
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CONQUERED
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OFFICIOUS
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DUTIFUL OR INFORMAL
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DOCTRINAIRE
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DICTATORIAL
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SYNCHRONIC
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REFERS TO EVENTS HAPPENING WITHIN A LIMITED TIME PERIOD
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INIQUITOUS
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WICKED
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OPPROBIOUS
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REPROACHFUL
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MERETRICIOUS
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GAUDY, FLASHY BUT OF LITTLE WORTH
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FUGUE
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GENRE OF MUSIC
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STAID
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GRAVE, SOBER
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CONFEDERATE
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FRIEND
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EMULATOR
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COMPETITOR
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LEGERDEMAIN
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SLEIGHT OF HAND
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BOON
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WELCOME BENEFIT, OR BLESSING
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AUDACIOUS
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RECKLESSLY BOLD
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COMPLAISANT
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DISPOSED TO COMPLY
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INSULENT
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BEING INSULTING AND OVERBEARING
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RASH
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TOO HASTY IN ACTING OR SPEAKING
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TRENCHANT
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DISTINCT, CLEAR-CUT
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FATUOUS
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SILLY, TRIVIAL
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CONSUMMATE
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COMPLETE OR PERFECT
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DISSEMBLE
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TO CONCEAL THE TRUTH
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STENTORIAN
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LOUD
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STYPTICAL
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PRODUCING A CONTRACTION OF A BLOOD VESSEL; ASTRINGENT; BINDING
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IMPOLITIC
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NOT POLITE
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POLTROONERY
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COWARDICE
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SEJUNCTIONED
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SEPARATION
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ASCRIBED
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ASSIGN TO SOURCE
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SCISSIONED
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DIVIDED
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EFFLORESCENCE
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FLOWERING
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ACQUIESCENCE
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AGREEABLENESS
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EFFERESCENCE
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LIVELIHOOD
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EVANESCENCE
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FLEETINGNESS
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COMMENSURATE
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EQUAL
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TANTAMOUNT
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EQUIVALENT
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FARRIER
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BLACKSMITH
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EXECRABLE
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DIRTY, CONTEMPTIBLE
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RETINUE
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A GROUP OF FOLLOWERS
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DETRITUS
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COLLECTION OF DEBRIS
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ILLUSORY
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UNREAL OR MISLEADING APPEARANCE OR IMAGE
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MOOR
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TO TIE DOWN
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OFFICIOUS
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OFFERING UNWANTED ADVICE FOR SERVICES
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OBSTINATE
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DETERMINED TO HAVE ONE'S WAY
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SCRUPULOUS
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CAREFUL OF DETAILS
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TREACHERY
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BETRAYAL OF LOYALTY
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DISPUTATION
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DISSENTING, DISAGREEING, QUARRELLING
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BELLICOSE
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QUARELLSOME OR WARLIKE
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PULCHRITUDINOUS
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BEAUTIFUL
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BANEFUL
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HARMFUL OR RUINOUS
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SERAPHIC
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ANGELIC
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ASCETIC
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ONE WHO IS ABSTEMONIOUS TO A GREAT DEGREE
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SUBLIMATION
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UNCONSCIOUSLY MODIFYING ONE'S IMPULSES INTO A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM
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COOPER
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SOMEONE WHO MAKES BARRELS
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FLETCHER
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SOMEONE WHO MAKES ARROWS
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CHAGRINED
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EMBARRASSED
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UPBRAIDED
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TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY; TO REPROACH SEVERELY
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RIDER
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ADDITION TO A BILL
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PRECIS
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SUMMARY OF A DISSERTATION
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NOSTRUM
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FALSE OR INEFFECTIVE MEDICINE
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VERITY
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TRUTH
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STEER
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IS TO GUIDE THE MOVEMENT OF A VESSEL
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LEVIATHAN
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ENORMOUS CREATURE
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WRAITH
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GHOST
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FRY
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YOUNG OFFSPRING OF SALMON
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COSSET
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CODDLE OR PAMPER
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SCINTILLATING
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A PERSON WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF WIT
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HALCYON
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BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS
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SINUOUS
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CHARACTERIZED BY MANY TURNS
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SURFACE AREA OF A CYLINDER
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2 PIE R2 + 2 PIE R H
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VOLUME OF A CYLINDER
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PIE R2 H
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