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considered apart from concrete existence
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abstracted
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excessive flattery or admiration
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adulation
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opposition; contrariety; disaster; misfortune
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adversity
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to sprout leaves, buds, greenery; to begin to grow or blossom; develop rapidly
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burgeon
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organ, organism, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as result of genetic engineering, fanciful mental illusion
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chimera
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deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious
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culpable
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being in a state of decline or decay; self indulgent; process of mental or moral decay
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decadent
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an earnest request or petition; a plea
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entreaty
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foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way
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fatuous
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showing indulgence; lenient or permissive
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indulgent
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characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion
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humane
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not apt or fitting; inappropriate generally awkward or clumsy
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ineptness
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an ungrateful person
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ingrate
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to cover with water, especially floodwaters
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inundate
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a person who lives under wretched circumstances in order to save & hoard money; unhappy person
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miser
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infamous by way of being extremely wicked or villainous
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nefarious
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to talk in a foolish simple minded way; babble
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prattle
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a tendency to favor something in particular
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predilection
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to defer action, to delay
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procrastinate
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one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure or pain
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stoic
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the right or privilege of voting, franchise
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suffrage
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to call together, convene verb
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summon
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capable of transmitting light so that objects or images can be seen as if there were no intervening material; clear
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transparent
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state of being turbulent, violent disorder or commotion
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turbulence
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possible to see; perceptible to the eye
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visible
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