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brook
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to tolerate, endure, or countenance
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cardinal
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of great importance
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damp
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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
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machine that punches holes
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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a cord or cable used to steady or guide something
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intimate
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to imply, suggest or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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mince
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to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak to carefully; also, to take take tiny steps or tiptoe
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nice
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exacting; fastidious
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obtain
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to be established, accepted or customary
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occult
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hidden, beyond comprehension
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pied
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multicolored, usually in blotches or patches
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pine
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to lose vigor, to yearn
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prize
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to pry; to press or force with a lever; something taken by force; spoils
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quail
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to lose courage
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qualify
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to limit
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scurvy
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contemptible; despicable
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak
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table
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to remove from consideration
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wag
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wit; joker
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority; to put down
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abscission
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the act of cutting or removing
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acarpous
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no longer fertile; worn out
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effete
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1. lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society.
2. exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out: an effete political force. 3. unable to produce; sterile |
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anathema
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a solemn curse, accursed or thoroughly loathed
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apposite
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appropriate; pertinent; relevant; apropos
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apprise
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to give notice to; to inform
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arrant
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impudent
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asseverate
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to aver; to allege; to assert
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auspice
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protection or support; patronage
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baleful
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sinister; pernicious; ominous
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; to festoon
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bilge
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bulge; the protuberance of a cask
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blandish
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to toady or fawn
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cachinnate
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to laugh loudly
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cadge
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to sponge or mooch
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calumniate
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to slander; to make a false accusation
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calumny
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slander; aspersion
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caparison
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to adorn or bedizen
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captious
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calculated to confuse or entrap in an argument; caviling
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caret
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an insertion mark used by editors and proofreaders
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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churlish
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boorish; vulgar; behavior of a lout
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lout
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an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary piece
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coeval
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of the same period; coexisting
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contumacious
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insubordinate; rebellious
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corrigible
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capable of being set right; reparable
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countenance
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to approve of or tolerate; face; composure
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cozen
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to deceive; beguile, or hoodwink
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defalcate
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to embezzle or misappropriate
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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depredate
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to plunder, pillage, ravage, or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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descant
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to comment at length
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descry
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to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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detraction
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slandering; aspersion
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diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy
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distention
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the state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
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distrait
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distracted; absent minded, especially due to anxiety
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dynamo
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generator, forceful, energetic person
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edacious
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voracious; devouring
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effusive
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gushing; excessively demonstrative
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enormity
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excessive wickedness; to not confuse with "enormousness"
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episodic
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loosely connected; not flowing logically
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equanimity
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composure; self-possession
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equipose
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
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errant
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traveling; itinerant; peripatetic
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eschew
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to shun or avoid
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evince
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to show clearly; to indicate
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly; to upbraid
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expatiate
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to discourse, descant, discuss at great length
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descant
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to comment or discourse at great length
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expostulate
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to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct, or protest
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exscind
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to cut out or extirpate
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extant
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existing; not destroyed or lost
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extirpate
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to destroy; to exterminate; to exscind
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feckless
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ineffectual; irresponsible
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ineffectual
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1. not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
2. unavailing; futile: His efforts to sell the house were ineffectual. 3. powerless; impotent |
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filigree
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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lace like patterns
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fractious
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quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable
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froward
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intractable, recalcitrant
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gossamer
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delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
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hirsute
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hairy; shaggy
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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impassive
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expressionless; stolid; phlegmatic; apathetic
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source; to ascribe
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inimitable
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one of a kind; peerless
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insouciant
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unconcerned; carefree; heedless
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interdict
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to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt
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inveigh
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to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate, similar to invective (n)
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involute
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intricate; complex; convoluted
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jejune
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vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile
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jibe
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to agree; to be in accord;
to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom |
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jocose
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jocular; humorous; blithe; gay
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labile
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readily open to change; unstable
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lassitude
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listlessness; languor; weariness
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limn
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to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe
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limpid
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pellucid; transparent; serene; clear; untroubled;
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lubricious
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wanton; lewd; greasy; slippery
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luculent
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lucid; easily understood; clear
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macerate
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to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping; similar to EMACIATE
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maculate
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marked with spots or blotches; besmirched; impure
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maunder
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to digress; to meander; to stray from the topic or path
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melliflous
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sweetly flowing, usually used to describe use of words
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mettle
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strength of spirit; courage, stamina
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mettlesome
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courageous; high-spirited
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militate
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to have weight; to bear on; to argue
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minatory
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menacing, threatening
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy; smart
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nexus
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a connection, tie, or link
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noisome
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fetid; offensive, especially to one's sense of smell
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nonplused
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baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do
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nostrum
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panacea; cure-all; or conversely a questionable remedy
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nugatory
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trifling; inconsequentioal
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obloquy
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vituperation; abusively detractive language; sharp criticism
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obstreperous
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noisy; loud
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overweening
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supercilious, arrogant
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peregrination
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traveling about; wandering
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perigee
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nadir; closest or lowest point in an orbit
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
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petrous
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like a rock; hard; stony
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pillory
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to punish; to hold up to public scorn
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating
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plangent
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pounding; thundering; resounding
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plumb
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to measure the depth; to examine critically
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poseur
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affected or insincere person; literally, a poser
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prate
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to chatter; to babble or prattle
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
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prOscribe
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to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw
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provident
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frugal; looking to the future
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puissance
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power; strength
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raffish
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tawdry; meretricious; flashy; low or vulgar
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ramify
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to branch out; to be divided or subdivided
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rebus
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riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance
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recreant
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craven; pussilanimous
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recumbent
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leaning; resting; prone
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redolent
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fragrant; suggestive or evocative
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regale
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to delight or entertain; to feast
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for
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rubric
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heading, title, or category
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runic
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mysterious; magical
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salacious
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obscence
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salutary
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wholesome; causing improvement; favorable to health
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness
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satiate
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to surfeit; overindulge
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saturnine
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gloomy; dark; sullen
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seine
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a large net dragged to catch fish
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sententious
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aphoristic or moralistic, tending to moralize excessively
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slake
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to satisfy or quench
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sodden
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soaked or drenched; unimaginative, dull
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solder
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to weld, fuse, or join
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splenetic
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bad tempered, irritable; think of someone with a bad spleen
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stint
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to restrain; sparing or frugal
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stygian
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gloomy, dark
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succor
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assistance; relief in time of distress
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supine
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mentally or morally slack; literally, lying on one's back
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suppliant
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supplicant, asking humbly, beseeching
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tamp
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to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows
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tendentious
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biased; showing marked tendencies
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tumid
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swollen, turgid
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turgid
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swollen; tumid; thick; pompous
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tyro
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novice; greenhorn; rank amateur
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umbrage
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offense; resentment; pique
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untoward
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perverse; unruly; unseemly
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virago
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a loud domineering woman; a scold or nag
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vitiate
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to pervert, debase, spoil, to make ineffective
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welter
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to writhe; to be in turmoil; a confused mess
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wend
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to go; to proceed
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approbation
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expression of approval or praise
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic or rural areas and their inhabitants
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paen
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song or hymn of thanksgiving and praise
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste;
to cause or happen before anticipated |
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contrite
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regretful; penitent
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt;scorn
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; enemotional
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sedulous
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hard working; dilligent
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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contiguous
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sharing a border
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inimical
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damaging; harmful
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refulgent
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radiant; shining brightly
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to languish
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rescind
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to invalidate; to repeal
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surfeit
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excess; overindulgence
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength
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