Group 5

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anesthetic

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n a substance that causes insensibility and removes pain

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antipathy

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n aversion; dislike

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arbitrary

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adj subject to chance or individual whim; without definite reason

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astrologer

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n a person who believes that stars and planets influence human activity and attempts to predict the future by studying their positions

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aversion

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n an intense feeling of dislike or disgust

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banal

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adj lacking originality; commonplace

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bent

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n an inclination or tendency

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compensation

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n payment given for services rendered or for loss

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compliant

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adj yielding or submissive; amenable

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condone

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v to approve tacitly by overlooking or excusing; to allow or forgive

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convention

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n a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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correspond

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v to exist in agreement or conformity; harmonize

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defer

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v yield; submit; bow

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dogma

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n doctrine or set of religious principles

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ensure

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v to guarantee or make certain

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equivocal

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adj ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain

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extraneous

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adj not vital or pertinent; irrelevant

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fortuitous

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adj happening by fortunate accident or chance

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frugality

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n thriftiness; economy; prudence in financial matters

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illusory

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adj deceptive; based upon a false belief or impression

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indifferent

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adj having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

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insipid

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adj without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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inured

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adj accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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miser

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n an individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingy

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nonplused

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adj baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do

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penchant

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n strong inclination; liking

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penury

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n poverty; destitution

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plethora

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n an overabundance; a surplus

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preempt

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v to replace; to supersede; to appropriate

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presumption

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n the act of making an assumption or taking something for granted

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prodigal

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adj recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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prone

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adj naturally inclined; tending; likely

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propensity

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n a natural inclination or tendency; penchant

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qualms

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n misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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quiescence

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n stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

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reconciliation

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n the act of reestablishing harmony or friendly interactions

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repudiate

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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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restitution

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n the act of returning something to its proper owner, or of compensating the owner for the loss of such an item; reparation

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savor

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v to enjoy in a thorough manner; to relish; to fully appreciate

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serenity

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n tranquility; peacefulness

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solvent

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adj able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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stint

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v to restrain; to be sparing or frugal

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subjective

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adj not objective; based upon internal perceptions rather than upon unprejudiced fact

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superfluous

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adj exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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tranquil

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adj peaceful; calm

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tranquility

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n calmness; serenity; peacefulness

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trivial

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adj unimportant; lacking value

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veneration

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n extreme respect and reverence; worship

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pellucid

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adj transparent; easy to understand; limpid

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penchant

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n strong inclination; a liking

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peregrination

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n traveling about; wandering

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peremptory

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adj admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious

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perigee

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n closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir

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peripatetic

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adj itinerant; traveling; nomadic

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peroration

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n the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech

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personable

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adj pleasing in appearance; attractive

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petrous

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adj like a rock; hard; stony

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petulant

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adj impatient; irritable

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philistine

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n a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values

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phlegmatic

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adj impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish

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picaresque

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adj involving clever rogues or adventurers

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pillory

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v to punish; to hold up to public scorn

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piquant

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adj agreeably pungent; stimulating

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pique

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n/v resentment; to annoy, irritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse

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placebo

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n inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than physical effect; something tending to soothe

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plangent

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adj pounding; thundering; resounding

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plumb

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v to measure the depth; to examine critically

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poignant

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adj distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional

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poseur

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n affected or insincere person; literally, a poser

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prate

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v to chatter; to babble, as in prattle

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precarious

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adj uncertain; risky; dangerous

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precept

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n rule establishing standards of conduct

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precis

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n concise summary of essential points

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profligate

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adj spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant

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prolix

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adj long-winded; verbose

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propinquity

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n nearness in time or place; affinity of nature

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propitiate

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v to appease; to conciliate

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proscribe

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v to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw

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provident

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adj frugal; looking to the future

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puerile

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adj childish; immature

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pugnacious

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adj contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent

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puissance

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n power, strength

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pundit

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n an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions

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pusillanimous

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adj cowardly; craven

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querulous

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adj habitually complaining; whining

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raffish

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adj tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base

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ramify

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v to be divided or subdivided; to branch out

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rapacious

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adj voracious; greedy; plundering

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rebus

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n riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols

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recidivism

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n relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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recondite

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adj abstruse; profound; arcane

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reconnaissance

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n preliminary survey a gain information, especially of an enemy

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reconnoiter

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v to engage in reconnaissance

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recreant

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n/adj coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous

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recumbent

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adj leaning; resting; prone

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redolent

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adj fragrant; suggestive or evocation

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refractory

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adj stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious

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regale

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v to delight or entertain; to feast

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remonstrate

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v to protest; to object

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repine

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v to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for

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resolute

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adj adamant; steadfast; determined; irresolute

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rubric

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n heading, title, or category

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rue

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v to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow