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rescind
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to annul, revoke, repeal
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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like the word
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exculpate
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to clear form charge or guilt
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spate
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sudden outpouring
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like spit
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flout
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to treat with disdain
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trout are facetious
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aberrant
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deviation from the norm
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abear deviates from the trail
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nascent
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beginning to develop
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redress
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to set right
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need to dress right
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trenchant
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vigorous,claear-cut
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to get out of trenches you need to be this
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ineffectual
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w/o satisfactory effect
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execrate
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to detest
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you blank escrement
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aberrant
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deviation from the norm
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abear deviates from the trail
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nascent
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beginning to develop
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goad
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to stimulate
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like poke
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peremptary
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imperative assertive
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to prepare is
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redress
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to set right
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need to dress right
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gregarious
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socialble
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aberrant
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deviation from the norm
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abear deviates from the trail
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trenchant
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vigorous,claear-cut
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to get out of trenches you need to be this
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nascent
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beginning to develop
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ineffectual
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w/o satisfactory effect
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execrate
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to detest
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you blank escrement
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bastion
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projection, preserver of some condition
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redress
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to set right
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need to dress right
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goad
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to stimulate
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like poke
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chagrined
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a feeling of confusion and dissapointment
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trenchant
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vigorous,claear-cut
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to get out of trenches you need to be this
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peremptary
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imperative assertive
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to prepare is
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ineffectual
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w/o satisfactory effect
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venal
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open to bribery
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senators
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gregarious
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socialble
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contrivance
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something planned /devised
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to contrive
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bastion
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projection, preserver of some condition
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sedate
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calm, quiet,composed
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chagrined
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a feeling of confusion and dissapointment
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holistic
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concept that we are more than the sum of our parts
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venal
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open to bribery
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senators
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contrivance
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something planned /devised
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to contrive
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sedate
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calm, quiet,composed
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execrate
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to detest
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you blank escrement
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goad
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to stimulate
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like poke
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holistic
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concept that we are more than the sum of our parts
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peremptary
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imperative assertive
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to prepare is
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gregarious
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socialble
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bastion
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projection, preserver of some condition
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chagrined
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a feeling of confusion and dissapointment
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venal
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open to bribery
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senators
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contrivance
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something planned /devised
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to contrive
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sedate
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calm, quiet,composed
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holistic
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concept that we are more than the sum of our parts
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privation
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lack of usual comforts
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depression
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incendiary
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tending to arous strife
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like fire
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facetious
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not meaning to be taken seriously
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like clay
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inimitable
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unable to be inimitated
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hmmmm
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disparate
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distinct in kind
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like clay
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voracious
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consuming large amount sof food
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yummy!!
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indolent
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lethargic
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no t energetic
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listless
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w/o energy or willingnesss
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mercurial
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lively,energetic
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ephermeral
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lasting only for a short time
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ameliorate
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to improve or make something better
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irreverent
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w.o respect
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reverands are
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duplicitous
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deceptive.dishoest
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imprecation
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an oath or a curse
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imps make
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reticent
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unwilling to talk a lot
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reluctant to
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querulous
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inclined to complain
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bellicose
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iclined to fight
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look at the prefix
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profligate
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extravagant/low moral stangdards
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Gatsby
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excoriate
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criticize something
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corey schwartz does this
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obfuscate
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to make something unclear.ard to understand
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proselyte
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a new convert
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presyletize
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pallid
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having unhealthy complexion
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didacticism
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intended to instruct
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inculpable
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free of guilt
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culprit is no tthis
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lambasted
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to censure severly
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lamb arent censured
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crepuscular
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of or like twilight
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pusy stars
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eschew
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to avoid.shun
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not chew
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surfeit
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to feed or supply to excess
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me
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rife
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abundant
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ripe?
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promulgate
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to make known by decree
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promo-
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tenaBLE
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capable of being argued
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flexible-kinda-mci k trial
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castigate
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to severly punish
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like chop put what is it to chop?
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nebulous
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cloudy
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duh!
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effusive
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gushy-overflowwing
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colloquial
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informal/conversational
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winsome
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charming
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mollify
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to calm in temper/soothe
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not molly
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anachronistic
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something out of order
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lik e it sounds
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debunk
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to expose or ridicule
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wa
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penurious
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stingy/barren/destitue
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pen aare liquidy-not this
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languid
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lacking energy
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indolent
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mendacious
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lying/untruthful
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mendoza i sthis
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explicate
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to explain
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kinda like it sounds
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saccharine
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sweet attitude
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like sugar
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farcical
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a farse, ludicrus
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also like it sounds
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canonical
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conforming to rules
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retrenched
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to cut down/reduce
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trenches are kind of like this
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