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Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation. 2. Removal from activity; rest; death. 3. Something that serves to suppress or quiet. |
Quietus
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a lover of good food and drink.
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Gastronome
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deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
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Duplicity
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fruitful; productive
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fructuous
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tending to cause trouble; also, irritable.
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fractious
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A secret; a mystery
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arcanum
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others
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gregarious
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foolishly impractical; also, capricious, impulsive.
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Quixotic
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to be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time; also, to go with the times.
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temporize:
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fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.
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fealty
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lack of energy or vitality.
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languor
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to defraud
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Mulct
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Beginning to exist or appear
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inciepient
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Shooting up or out
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Salient
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a nonstandard usage or grammatical construction
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solecism
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The act of plundering
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Rapine
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1.appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
2.the face; visage. 3.calm facial expression; composure. 4.approval or favor; encouragement; moral support. 5.Obsolete. bearing; behavior. |
countenance
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Drinkable!
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Potable
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to deceive or obtain by deceit.
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Cozen
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