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estuary
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a water passage where the tide meets a river current; especially : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river
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insidious
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awaiting a chance to entrap; harmful but enticing; having a gradual and cumulative effect; of a disease : developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent
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indefatigable
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incapable of being fatigued
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sepulchre
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a place of burial
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emissary
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one designated as the agent of another
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moribund
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being in the state of dying; approaching death; being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
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diaphanous
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characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through; characterized by extreme delicacy of form; ethereal
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lugubrious
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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
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uncouth
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not known or not familiar to one; seldom experienced; UNCOMMON, RARE obsolete; MYSTERIOUS, UNCANNY; strange or clumsy in shape or appearance; OUTLANDISH; lacking in polish and grace; awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior
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primeval
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of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history)
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immutability
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not capable of or susceptible to change
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trenchant
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KEEN, SHARP; vigorously effective and articulate
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ostentation
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excessive display
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impudence
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the quality or state of being... marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
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sagacious
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keen in sense perception; of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment
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