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balmy
gentle
assail
destroy
remorse
deep regret
lamentations
loud grief
primed
set for use
phrase
thought
literally
actually
doting
lavishly fond
almshouse
poorhouse
multitudinous
very numerous
ostensible severity
visible harshness
notorious
widely
villa
country mansion
veranda
long porch
tinged with
colored slightly with