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93 Cards in this Set
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buffoonery
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clowning
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bungle
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to spoil by clumsy behavior
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bungle jungle fall of swing
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burgeon
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to grow
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burge out of the pants
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burly
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muscular
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brawny burly man
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cajole
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to convince by manipulation
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cajole into marriage
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candor
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sincerity
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the candor bird was sincere when he apologized to the squirrel
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cantankerous
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irritable
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cant take it
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capricious
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impulsive
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by caprise
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cardinal
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highest in terms of importance
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religious
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carp
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to find fault
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harping on the faults when carped
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castigate
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to punish
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catalyst
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brings about change
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categorical
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absolute
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only one category
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catholic
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liberal
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ironicly
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caustic
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sarcastically biting
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cede
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to give something up
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the states ceded unity
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celerity
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speed
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celebrities take speed
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celestial
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heavenly
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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to blame
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censured him for having to be censored
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champion
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to support strongly
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cessation
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stopping
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chameleon
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person w. changeable ideas
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charlatan
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fraud
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king charles was a fraud when he ran away
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chary
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cautiously watchful
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wary and chary
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chaste
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pure
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cherubic
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angelic
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chicanery
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trickery
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the chick tricked me to sleep w her
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circuitous
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roundabout
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circumscribe
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to confine
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i confined the dot when i circumscribed it
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circumspect
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cautious
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peer around
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civil
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courteous and polite
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clandestine
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secret
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clemency
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mildness; liniency
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clementine was mild and lenient to the grapefruit when it came to punishment
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coagulate
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to thicken
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coercion
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use of force to acieve something
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worked with eric to force him down
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comely
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attractive
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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compensatory
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making up for
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compensatory when gave a six pence for his trouble
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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placed in this area by myself and happy
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compliance
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fulfillement of requirements
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pliers to finish the work and done
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comprehensive
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thorough
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concede
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to yield
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cede-give something up
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conciliatory
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soothing
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concord
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agreement
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condone
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to forgive
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confluence
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flowing together
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flu flow together
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conglomeration
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collection of various items
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congruence
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correspondence of parts
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connotation
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implied meanign
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c
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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w. spying easily seen
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construe
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to interpret
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contend
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to struggle
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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content over i or us?
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contiguous
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touching upon
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with tigers tail touching upon the floor
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contract
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to shrink
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contrition
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expression of sorrow
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triste
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convene
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to assemble
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converge
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to come together
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conviction
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strongly held belief
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convivial
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lively
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viv
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cordial
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gracious
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corroborate
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to confirm
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Confirm the coral boat excursion
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coup
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highly successful action
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covenant
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agreement
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they convene to agree
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crass
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unrefined
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stole the brass
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credulity
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gullibility
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crestfallen
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dejected
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crux
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crucial point
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cryptic
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mysterious
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cupidity
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blame
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cupid is to blame
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cursory
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superficial
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she's so superficial she curses when she's not around you
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daunt
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to intimidate
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dearth
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scarcity
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debilitate
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to weaken
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decimate
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to kill
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the shot is like a decimal
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declivity
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downward slope
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down the cliff
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decry
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to criticize
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defame
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to harm someon's rep
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deference
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respect
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defray
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to pay the costs of
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undo the frays of the skirt
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defunct
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n olonger in use
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deleterious
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harmful
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delude
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to decieve
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He's Jude not lude
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deludge
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something that overwhelms
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demeanor
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behavior
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deplore
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to disapprove of; regret
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depravity
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wickedness
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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deprecciate
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deride
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to make fun of in a harsh manner
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low ride blow
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despondent
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depressed
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despot
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tyrant
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devious
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not straightforward
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