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100 Cards in this Set
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MORDANT
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BITIN OR SARCASTIC
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SONOROUS
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HAVIN AN IPRESSIVE SOUND
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ATTRIBUTE
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AN ESSENTIAL QUALITY
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ENJOIN
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TO PROHIBIT
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EGREGIOUS
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CONSPICOUS
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LETHARGIC
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DROWSY AND SLUGGISH
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VENAL
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CAPABLE OF BEING BRIBED
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NADIR
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TO LOWEST POINT
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YETI
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ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
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INCRIMATE
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TO INVOLVE IN A CRIME
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OCULAR
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RELATING TO THE EYE
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SIMULATE
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IMITATE
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SEGUEINHG
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PROCEEDING TO FOLLOW WITHOUT DELAY
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FLEDGELING
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SOMEONE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED
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PILLAGE
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TO LOOT
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VERSATILITY
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HAVING A VARIETY OF FUNCTIONS
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WHIMSICAL
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PLAYFUL AND UNPREDICTABLE
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VITRIOLIC
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BITTER AND SARCASTIC
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SUPPOSITION
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SOMETHING THAT IS ASSUMED
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CAROUSAL
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NOSIY REVELRY
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SCROUGE
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A MEANS OF VENGEFUL PUNISHMEANT
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DISCURSIVE
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RAMBLING
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GRANDIOSE
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PRETENTIOUS
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INTEMPERATE
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LACKING IN SELF CONTROL
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PROGNOSTICATE
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TO PREDICT
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INVECTION
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ABUSIVE LANGUAGE
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CAJOLE
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TO COAX
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ABSOLVE
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TO FREE FROM BLAME
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DEPLETE
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TO USE UP OR EXHAUST
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CULPABLE
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DESERVING BLAME
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RESOURCEFUL
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ABLE TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SITUATION
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INADVERTANT
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UNINTENTIONAL
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EXPIATE
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TO MAKE UP FOR
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SALUTARY
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BENEFICIAL
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CONCOCT
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TO DEVISE
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PORTICO
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PORCH
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AMENTY
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AN ATTRECTIVE OR DESIRABLE FEATURE
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QUATRAIN
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A STANZA OR POEM OF 4 LINES
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UMBRAGE
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OFFENCE OR RESENTMENT
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FALSETTO
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A MALE VOICE ABOVE NORMAL RANGE
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LABYRINTH
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A MAZE
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NEXUS
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A BOND OR TIE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A GROUP
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SUDTLE
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NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS
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AUTONOMY
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INDEPENDENCE
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IMPLACABLE
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INCAPABLE OF APPEASEMENT
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CHAGRIN
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EMBARRASMENT
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INITIATIVE
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THE ABILITY TO BEGIN AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH A PLAN
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ANARCHY
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MARKED BY CHAOS OR CONFUSION
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ERUDITE
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SCHOLARLY
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THWART
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TO PREVENT
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HINDRANCE
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AN IMPEDIMENT
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GUERRILLA
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A MEMBER OF AN IRREGULAR MILITARY FORCE
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ADULATION
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EXCESSIVE PRAISE
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HEINOUS
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OFFENSIVE
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DEFACE
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TO SPOIL THE APPEARANCE OF
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DETRIMENTAL
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CAUSEING HARM OR DAMAGE
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DIVERSION
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SOMETHING THAT DISTRACTES AND ENTERTAINS
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EQUANMITY
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COMPOSURE
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE WORSE
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CONTRITE
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TO INVENT
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JADED
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WEARIED OR WORN OUT
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ACCLIMATE
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TO ACCUSTOM TO NEW CLIMATE OR SITUATION
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PEDANTIC
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BOOK-SMART BUT NOT PRACTICAL
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REVERBERATE
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TO ECHO
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PREMONITION
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A FEELING THAT SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
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APATHY
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LACK OF EMOTION OR INTREST
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BIZARRE
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EXTREMELY STRANGE
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LANGUISH
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TO BECOME WEAK OR FEEBLE
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BUMPTIOUS
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EXCESSIVELY SELF-ASSERTIVE
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BANSHEE
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AN IRISH FEMALE SPIRIT WHO FORETOLD DEATH BY WAILING
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APOTHEOSIS
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AN EXALTED OR GLORIFIED EXAMPLE
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TAWDRY
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GAUDY AND CHEAP
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DEBAUCHEED
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MORALLY CORRUPT
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PALINGENESIS
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REBIRTH OR REGENERATION
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CIRCUITOUSLY
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IN A ROUNDABOUT MANNER
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PUERILE
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CHILDISH OR IMMATURE
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STRAITLACED
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PRUDISH
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PERCIPITATE
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TO CAUSETO HAPPEN BEFORE EXPECTED
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KEEL
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THE "BACKBONE" OF A SHIP
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OSCILLATE
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TO VARY BETWEEN OPINIONS
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INFRINGE
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TO VIOLATE, TO TRESPASS
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RACOUDTEUR
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A PERSON SKILLED AT TELLIN STORYS
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FRAILY
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INFIRMITY
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DUN
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TO DEMAND THE PAYMENT OF A DEBT
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MARRED
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DAMAGED OR DEFACED
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INEPT
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NOT CAPABLE
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IMPALPABLE
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INTANGIBLE OR IMPERCEPTIBLE
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NONPLUSSED
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PUZZLED
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SATIATE
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TO SATISFY COMPLETELY
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TRANSMUTED
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TRANSFORMED
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VULNERABLE
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OPEN TO ATTACK
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE IN GREATNESS, POWER AND WEALTH
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CONBBLED
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MENDED OR PATCHED
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GAUCHE
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LAKIN SOCIAL GRACE
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ARID
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DRY, BARREN
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PERVASIVE
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SPREADING THROUGHOUT
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PROCLIVITY
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TENDENCY
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OBESE
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EXTREMELY FAT
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REMONSTRATE
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TO OBJECT
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MENDICANT
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A BEGGER
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