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211 Cards in this Set
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able, ible
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able, capable
capable, agreeable, edible, visible |
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ade
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result of action
blockade |
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age
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act of, state of, result ofstorage, wreckage, damage
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al
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relating to
gradual, manual, natural |
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an, ian
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native of, relating to
African, riparian |
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ance, ancy
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action, process, state assistance, allowance, defiance
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ary, ery, ory
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relating to, quality, place where
aviary, bravery, dormitory |
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cian
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possessing a specific skill or art
magician, physician |
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cide, cise
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cut, kill homicide, exorcise, germicide, incision
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crat, cracy
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rule
autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy |
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cule, ling
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very small
molecule, ridicule, animalcule, duckling |
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cy
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action, function
hesitancy, prophecy, normalcy |
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ee
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one who receives the action refugee, nominee, lessee
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en
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made of, to make
silken, frozen, wooden |
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ence, ency
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action, state of, quality difference, confidence, urgency, agency
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escent
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in the process of
adolescent, senescence, putrescence |
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esis, osis
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action, process, condition genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis
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fic
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making, causing
scientific, specific |
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ful
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full of
frightful, careful, helpful |
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hood
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order, condition, quality manhood, adulthood
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ic
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nature of, like
metallic, acidic, bucolic, simplistic |
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ice
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condition, state, quality justice, malice
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id, ide
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a thing connected with or belonging to
fluid, fluoride, bromide |
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ify
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make
beautify, fortify, simplify |
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ile
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relating to, suited for, capable of
juvenile, senile, purile, missile |
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ine
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nature of
feminine, genuine, medicine |
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ion, sion, tion
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act, result, or state of cancellation, contagion, infection, crenellation
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ish
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origin, nature, resembling foolish, Irish, clownish, impish
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ite
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nature of, quality of, mineral product
prelate, Mennonite, dynamite, graphite |
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ity, ty
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state of, quality
celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty |
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ive
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making,causing
abusive |
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ize, ise
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make
emphasize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize |
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ject
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throw
deject, inject, project, eject |
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ly
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like, manner of
carelessly, fearlessly, hopelessly |
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ment
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act of, state or, result containment, contentment, amendment
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ness
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state of
carelessness, restlessness |
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nomy
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law
autonomy, economy, taxonomy |
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oid
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resembling
asteroid, spheroid, rhomboid, anthropoid |
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ous
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full of, having
gracious, nervous, pompous |
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path, pathy
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feeling, suffering
pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy |
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ship
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state of, office, quality assistantship, friendship, authorship
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some
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like, apt, tending to
lonesome, lissome, threesome, gruesome |
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tude
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state of, condition of
gratitude, aptitude, multitude |
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ure
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state of, act, process, rank culture, literature, rupture, rapture
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ward
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in the direction of
eastward, downward, backward |
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y
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inclined to, tend to
cheery, crafty, faulty |
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aberrant
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deviating from normal
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abscond
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to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law
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advocate
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to speak or argue for a cause; one who advocates
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aggrandize
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to make greater, to increase, to exaggerate
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amalgam
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mixture
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to the senses, delicious
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arbitrate
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to settle a dispute by impulse
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assuage
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to make less severe; to appease or satisfy
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attenuate
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weaken (make tenuous)
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audacious
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extremely bold, fearless
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aberrant
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deviating from normal
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abscond
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to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law
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advocate
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to speak or argue for a cause; one who advocates
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aggrandize
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to make greater, to increase, to exaggerate
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amalgam
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mixture
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to the senses, delicious
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arbitrate
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to settle a dispute by impulse
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assuage
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to make less severe; to appease or satisfy
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attenuate
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weaken (make tenuous)
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audacious
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extremely bold, fearless
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aver
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to declare
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banal
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commonplace, trite
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barefaced
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unconcealed, shameless, brazen
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blandishment
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speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something
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bombast
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pompous speech
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breach
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a lapse, gap or break; to break or break through
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burgeon
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to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth
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aver
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to declare
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buttress
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to support; a support
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banal
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commonplace, trite
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cadge
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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barefaced
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unconcealed, shameless, brazen
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caprice
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impulse
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blandishment
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speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something
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bombast
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pompous speech
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breach
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a lapse, gap or break; to break or break through
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burgeon
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to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth
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buttress
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to support; a support
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cadge
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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caprice
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impulse
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castigate
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to chastise or criticize severely
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catalyst
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an agent of change
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caustic
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capable of dissolving by chemical action; highly critical
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chicanery
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deception by trickery
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complaisant
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willingly compliant or accepting
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conflagration
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a great fire
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corroborate
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to strengthen or support
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craven
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cowardly; a coward
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culpable
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deserving of blame
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dearth
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lack, scarcity
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depict
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to show, create a picture of
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deprecation
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belittlement
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depredation
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the act of preying upon or plundering
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descry
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to make clear, to say
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desiccate
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to dry out thoroughly
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diatribe
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a bitter and abusive speech
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence, modest
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disabuse
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to free a person from falsehood or error
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disparaging
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belittling
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dispassionate
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calm, objective, unbiased
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dissemble
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to conceal one's real motive, to feign
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dogged
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stubborn, determined
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dogmatic
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relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence
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eclectic
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selecting elements from a variety of sources, varied
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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emollient
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softening; something that softens
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel
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encomium
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a formal eulogy or speech of praise
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endemic
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prevalent in or native to a certain region, locality, or people
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enervate
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to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
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engender
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to give rise to, to propagate, to cause
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enigma
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puzzle; mystery
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a brief time, fleeting
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equivocal
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ambiguous, unclear, subject to more than one interpretation
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erudite
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scholarly, displaying deep intensive learning
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a few
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exacerbate
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to make worse, to aggravate
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exculpate
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to prove to be blameless
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exorbitant
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exceeding customary or normal limits
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extant
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in existence, still existing
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fawn
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to seek favor or attention, to act subserviantly
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feign
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to give false appearance or impression
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fervid, fervent
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highly emotional; hot
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fledgling
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a baby bird, an inexperienced person; inexperienced.
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florid
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flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery
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floundering
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struggling
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garrulous
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verbose, talkative, rambling
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gossamer
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fine cobweb on foliage, fine gauzy fabric, very fine
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guile
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skillful deceit
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hapless
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unfortunate
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headlong
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impulsive, hasty; hastily
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iconoclast
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one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions
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impecunious
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penniless, poor
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imperious
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commanding
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improvidence
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an absence of foresight
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inchoate
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in an initial or early stage, incomplete
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incorrigible
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not capable of being corrected
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indelible
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permanent, unerasable, strong
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ineffable
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undescribable, unspeakable
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ingenious
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clever
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ingenuous
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unsophisticated
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innocuous
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harmless
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insensible
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numb
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insipid
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dull
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insular
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overly exclusive, isolated
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intransigent
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stubborn
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irascible
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easily angered
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laconic
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using few words, terse
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latent
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present or potential but not evident or active
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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leviathan
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something very large
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lugubrious
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monrful, gloomy
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magnanimity
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generosity, nobility
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misanthrope
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one who hates people: "He was a true misanthrope and hated even himself."
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misnomer
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incorrect name
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mitigate
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to make less forceful
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nefarious
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wicked, evil
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noisome
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harmful, offensive, destructive
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obdurate
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hardened against influence or feeling, intractable
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obviate
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to make unnecesary
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occlude
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to close or shut off, to obstruct
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opaque
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not transparent or transluscent, dense, difficult to comprehend
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ossified
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turn to bone
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panegyric
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a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing
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peccadillo
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a small sin or fault
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pedantic
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showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning
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perfidious
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dishonest
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petulant
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easily annoyed
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phlegmatic
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not easily excited, sluggish
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placate
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to calm or reduce anger by making concessions
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plastic
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capable of being molded
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plethora
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large abbundance
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ponderous
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heavy, massive, awkward, dull
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pragmatic
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concerned with facts, practical
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precipice
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cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face, a very risky circumstance
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precursor
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something or someone that precedes another
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prevaricate
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to stray away from or evade the truth
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prodigal
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rashly wasteful
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propitiate
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to conciliate, to appease
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pulchritudinous
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beautiful
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, timid, irresolute
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quiescence
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inactivity, stillness
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rarefy
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to make or become thin
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reproof
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the act of censuring or scolding
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rescind
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to repeal
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sagacious
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wise, discerning
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident
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sate
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fully satisfy
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saturnine
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having a gloomy or morose temperament
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savant
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a very knowledgable person
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sedulous
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diligent, persistent
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specious
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deceptively convincing or attractive
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tacit
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unspoken
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taciturn
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habitually untalkative or silent
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temperate
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calm
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tirade
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an angry speech
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tortuous
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twisted, excessively complicated
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tractable
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ability to be easily managed or controlled
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tyro
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tyro
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venerate
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show great respect, revere
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verbose
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wordy
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vex
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to annoy, to bother, to puzzle
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viscous
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slow moving, highly resistant to flow
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waver
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to hesitate, to tremble
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zeal
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enthusiastic devotion
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