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213 Cards in this Set
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Blithely
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happy or carefree manner considered improper
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Bellicose
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showing aggression or a willingness to fight
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Belligerent
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hostile or aggressive
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Aplomb
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self confidence or assurance
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Protean
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tending or able to change frequently or easily
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Malapropism
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mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word
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Perfidy
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state of being deceitful or untrustworthy
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Quisling
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traitor who sides with the enemy force
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Belied
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fail to give a true impression of something
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Lugubrious
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looking or sounding sad or dismal
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Lucubration
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writing or study
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Imbibition
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absorption of water
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Ablution
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bathing ritual, washing oneself
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portentous
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of momentous significance
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pertinacious
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tenacious, stubborn
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unremitting
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incessant, never relaxing
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chary
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wary, suspiciously reluctant to do something
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opprobrious
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abusive, expressing scorn or criticism
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salubrious
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health giving, healthy
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divagations
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stray or diversions
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assignations
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secret meetings between lovers, date
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prevarications
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speak evasively
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euphonious
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sound/speech that is pleasing to the ear
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countenance
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face, expressions
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Picayune
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insignificant, petty
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Pyrrhic
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victory won at too great a cost
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Canard
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unfounded rumour or story
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Eschewed
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abstain from, deliberately avoid using
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Constellation
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a group of similar things
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Cosmically
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inconceivably large
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Nettled
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irritated, annoyed, irked
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Waggish
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humorous in a playful way
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facetious
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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour, flippant
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Staid
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serious, sedate by temperament or habits
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Factitious
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artificially created
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Ingenuous
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innocent and unsuspecting
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Ingenuity
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quality of being clever, witty
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Sated
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fully satisfied, maybe too much
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inveigling
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winning over by flattery
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Inveighing
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expressing disapproval, railing against
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invective
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insulting or harsh language
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needling
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teasing or provoking
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vassal
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a person loyal or in service to a feudal lord
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precursors
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forerunner
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vanguards
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forefront, leaders
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partisans
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supporters, usually of a party
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cerebration
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thinking about something
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mulishness
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unreasonable stubbornness
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obviating
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anticipating and preventing
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prognosis
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forecast of medical outcome
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mien
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appearance, bearing
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penitent
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sorry for sin
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ecumenical
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worldwide in scope
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libellous
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defamatory, denigrating lies in print
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recriminations
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counteraccusations
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belligerent
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aggressively hostile attitude
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recidivism
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tendency to relapse to previous behaviour, often criminal
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bombast
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bragging
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hedonism
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devotion to sensual pleasures and their pursuit
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overweening
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conceited, excessive
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liberality
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giving or spending freely, open-mindedness
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proclivity
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inclination, predisposition
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odious
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extremely unpleasant
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sodden
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soaked
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salutary
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conducive to health
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truculent
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ferocious, cruel, savage
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toadies
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group of servile flatterers
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habiliments
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clothes associated with a particular profession or occasion
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iridescent
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colourful, lustrous, brilliant
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proscribe
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ban
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patois
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regional dialect
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diffidence
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modesty or shyness resulting from lack of self confidence
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consternation
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dismay, anxiety, distress
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disportments
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hobbies, amusements, diversions
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canards
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unfounded rumour
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wheedling
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attempt to convince through flattery
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verdant
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green with vegetation
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voluble
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pertaining to speech, use of many words
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unremitting
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persistent or relentless
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frisson
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thrill or excitement
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panegyric
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speech or text in praise of someone or something
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covetousness
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desire to possess something belonging to another
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maven
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an expert or connoisseur
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virtuoso
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expert
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tyro
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beginner
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practitioner
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a person actively engaged in a profession
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credulity
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tendency of people to believe too easily
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fabulists
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liars, who tell fake stories
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quibblers
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slight objection or criticism
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raconteur
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someone who tells amusing stories
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pedantic
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over scrupulous, excessively concerned with minor details
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evinced
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demonstrated
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doggerel
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triviality
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repartee
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clever witty replies
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doughty
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bravery, courage
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impetuous
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done quickly without care, hasty
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heady
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potent, intoxicating
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largess
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generosity
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rapaciousness
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excessively greedy or grasping
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odium
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general or widespread hatred or disgust
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legerdemain
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show of deceit, sleigh of hand
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occlusive
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a blockage or closing of a blood vessel or organ
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ostensible
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apparent, appearing to be true but may not be
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portentous
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ominous, predictive, of momentous significance
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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abstemious
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austere, modern, indulging very limitedly in something
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desiccation
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drying out
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pleonasm
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be superfluous, using more words than are needed
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surfeit
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large amount
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scintilla
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small amount
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vestige
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what’s left after everything is gone
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rankled
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anger, vex, cause bitterness
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minatory
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threatening
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insularity
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ignorance or lack of interest in things outside that which is familiar
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countermand
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revoke or cancel
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iniquitous
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grossly unfair and morally wrong
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halcyon
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a time in the past that was idyllically happy
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plumbed
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examined closely
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clangor
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noisy
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deleterious
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causing harm or damage
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noisome
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having extremely offensive smell
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idyllic
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extremely happy peaceful and picturesque
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vagrant
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person who wanders from place to place and lives by begging, wanderer, no sense of purpose
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mendicant
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beggar, form of asceticism taken by religious practitioners, vow of poverty
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myrmidon
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follower of a powerful person who performs tasks carefully
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proselyte
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convert from one party/belief to another
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malefactor
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evildoer
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crotchet
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whim, whimsy, fancy
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awl
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pointed tool used to pierce holes
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apogee
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highest point
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nadir
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lowest point
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opus
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composition or work of art
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commodiousness
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roomy and comfortable
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reciprocity
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exchange for mutual benefit
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propinquity
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state of being close to someone, proximity
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sidle
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walk in a furtive, timid, unobtrusive manner
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furtive
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secretive, attempting to avoid attention
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circumambulate
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walk all the way around
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traipse
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walk wearily and reluctantly
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trudge
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walk slowly with heavy steps
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nugatory
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useless, futile, no value or importance
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sumptuous
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lavish, luxurious, splendid and expensive looking
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mercurial
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subject to unpredictable changes in mood or mind
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precarious
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uncertain, not securely held
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woebegone
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sad or miserable in appearance
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ethereal
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delicate and light in a way that seems not be from this world
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effulgent
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shining brightly, radiant
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haggard
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worn out
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epaulet
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ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing
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belied
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fail to give a true impression of something
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tenuousness
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very weak or slight
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imperilment
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put at risk of being harmed, injured or destroyed
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palliate
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make a disease less severe without removing the cause
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condone
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accept, tolerate
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cognoscenti
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people who are well informed about a certain subject, experts
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illuminati
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specially enlightened
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neophytes
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beginner, new to something
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fungible
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replaceable by another identical item, mutually exchangeable
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malleable
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easily influenced
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heteromorphic
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occurring in two or more different forms
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sordid
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sleazy, inviting moral distaste, involving immoral actions and motives
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animadiversions
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criticisms or censure
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gauntlets
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glove, throw down the gauntlet meaning to issue a challenge
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glib
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smooth, slick, fluent but insincere
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peevish
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having an irritable disposition
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condign
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fitting, deserved, appropriate to the crime committed
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flagitious
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criminal, villainous
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rustic
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rural, relating to the countryside
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antediluvian
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belonging to the time before the biblical flood
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simulacra
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image or recreation of something, comes from simulate
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platitudes
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cliches, moral statement of no worth
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phlegmatic
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unemotional and stolidly calm temperament
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stolid
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calm, unemotional, dependable
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costive
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constipated, slow or reluctant in speech or action
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bathetic
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anticlimactic, disappointing, producing an unintentional anticlimax
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maleficent
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causing harm or destruction, particularly by supernatural means
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tenable
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defensible, justifiable, able to be protected from attack
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risible
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ridiculous, producing laughter due to ludicrousness
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burgeoning
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growing, flourishing
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georgic
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poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural
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natty
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smart, fashionable, well designed
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sophistry
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use of clever but false arguments with the purpose of deceiving
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specious
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superficially plausible but actually wrong
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grandstanding
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the main stand
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malingerer
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person who fakes illnesses, shirker, slacker
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pilferer
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steal things of little value
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gingerly
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carefully, cautiously
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insipidity
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lacking flavour, weak, tasteless
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sagacity
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wisdom, insight
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convalescence
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recuperation, recovery
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impugned
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call into question, challenge
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risque
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indecent, sexually suggestive
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incorrigible
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not able to be changed or reformed
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waggish
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humorous in a facetious manner, flippant
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malefactions
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person who commits crimes, or wrong
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peccadilloes
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relatively minor fault or sin
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trespasses
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intrusions, enter without permission
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catharsis
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purification, cleansing
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denouement
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finale, final scene
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stringency
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strict, precise, exacting
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eclecticism
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deriving ideas from a broad range of resources
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veneer
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thin decorative covering, surface, lamination, outer covering
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medley
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varied mixture of people or things
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emend
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make corrections, repair |
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edify
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educate, enlighten, to make someone better
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impuissant
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powerful, unable to take effective action
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peremptory
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high handed, insisting on obedience, dominating
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toothsome
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tasty, delicious
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proleptic
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the anticipation of a future act as if its in the present. anachronistic location of an event before it has happened
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rescind
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revoke, cancel, repeal
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protract
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prolonging
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buttressing
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safeguarding, structure built to support wall
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occlude
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stop, close up, or obstruct
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