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Copious
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abundant
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a copious cup of coffee
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tenacious
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stubborn, tough
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tennis acies are tenacious
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surreptitious
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sly manner
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elephant as to be surreptitious without being suspicious
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voracious
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eager to consume great amounts of food
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good gracious, what a voracious fish
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officious
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ready to serve
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an officious office helper
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spurious
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not genuine, flase
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spurious spurs
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onerous
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troublesome or oppressive
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a bet shop owners life can become onerous
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gregarious
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seeking and enjoying the company of others, sociable
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gregarious greg was hilarious
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pious
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holy
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a pious pie
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scrupulous
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careful of small details, honest, conscientious
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aircract manufacturers must be scrupulous with placement of screws
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attrition
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gradual reduction
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over-fishin can lead to attrition
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edification
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enlighten, instruct
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ed getting some edification while on vacation
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ablution
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cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual
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sthe solution to a babys ablution
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elocution
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the art of public speaking
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elocution is a good way to pospone an execution
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writhe
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to cause to twist or bend, to suffer acutely
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wild horses writhe when cowboys ride
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pedestrian
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ordinary, moving on foot
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pedestrian pedestrians
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carrion
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dead and rotting flesh
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carrion carry on luggage
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pinion
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bend the wings so as not to fly; confine
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the pins pinioned the wings
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kismet
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fate
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kiss me baby, its kismet
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ambivalence
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indecision, experiencing contradictory emotions
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ambivalence between two ambulences
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deploy
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to arrange strategically
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david deployed his toys
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cavalier
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casual, carefree, arrogant
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Colonol Jones was cavalier with his cavalry troops
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egg
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to encourage, incite to action
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humpty was egged to jump
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mete
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to distribute as if by measure, allot
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mom always metes out the meat
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nullify
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to cancel
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how to nullify a fly
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embroil
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to involve in an argument
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the lobster prefered embroiling to boiling
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waffle
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to speak or write evasively
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a waffle waffling the questions
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ascribe
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to attribute to a specific cause
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why the tribe ascribed the nickname long nose to the cavalry
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enhance
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to improve, intensify
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the band thought the spakers would enhance the dance
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terse
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breif and to the point
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a terse shakesperean verse
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coerce
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to force someone by threatening
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coercing a horse
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diverse
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different varied
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diverse divers
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abide
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to remain, stay
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ron could not abide by staying on his side of the bed
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gambit
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to take a risk for some advantage
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a gambit not worth the gamble
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jaunt
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a short pleasure trip
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a jaunt haunt
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frank
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straightforward, open and sincere
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a frank frankfurter
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lithe
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bending easily and gracefully
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liza the most lithe gymnast on the team
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gullible
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easily theated or fooled
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a gullible gull
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mawkish
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excessively sentimental
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ma's kiss can be mawkish
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raffish
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cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature, tawdry, disreputable
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a raffish fish
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travail
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strenous physical or mental labor
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much travail was required crossing the oregon trail
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intrepid
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fearless
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everyone considred david intrepid after he tripped ed, the bully
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languid
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lacking energy
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a languid squid
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exodus
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a mass departure
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a bus exosdus from the rear exit
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influx
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a mass arrival or incoming
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an influx of trucks
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abash
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to make ashamed or uneasy
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tony was abash when he discovered he had no cash
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latent
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laying hidden or undeveloped
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never lay your tent on a latent volcano
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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is lord wellington diffident about swimming or is he different
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malcontent
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dissatisfied with existing conditions
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eminent
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staqnding out, renowned
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emma's tent was the most eminent
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prudent
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cautious, discreet, excercising good judgement
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a prudent student prepares ahead for her math test
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rhetoric
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the art or study of using language effectively
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a salesman's rent-a-wreck rhetoric
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dogmatic
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often arrogant assertion of opinion
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a dogmatic dog trainer
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philippic
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a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh insulting language
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the cook unleashed a philippic when his new helper couldn't flip it
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pandemic
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widespread
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pandas are pandemic to china
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idyllic
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charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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an idyllic dill lick
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cryptic
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having an ambiguous or hidden meaning
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a cryptic note in lipstick
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choleric
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hot-tempered, quick to anger
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our dog became choleric whenever we collared him
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peccadillo
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a slight or trifling sin; a minor offense
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norm thought running over an armadillo was a peccadillo
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emphatic
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forcibly expressive
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rex became emphatic when he saw a fat tick on his back
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logistics
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the management of thge details of an operation
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lumber mill logistics consist of logs and sticks
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circumspect
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cautious, heedful of situations and potential consequences
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a circumspect inspection
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abstract
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difficult to understand
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be wary of salesmen with abstract contracts
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defunct
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dead or inactive, having ceased to exist
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chinese junks are now defunct
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succinct
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brief and to the point, concise
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virginia was siccuint when ernie forgot to fix the sink
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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our pal, the bull, is palpable
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ostensible
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appearing as such, offered as general or real
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taking the short cut was obstensibly not sensible
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bauble
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a small, inexpensive trinket
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a bulls bauble
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skullduggery
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trickery, underhandedness
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young indiana jones was up to some skullduggery
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ancillary
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helping; providing assitance, subordinate
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the celery was ancillary to Peter's sandwhich
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sedentary
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charecterized by or requiring much sitting
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sedentary larry would often sit and stare
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cursory
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rapid and superficial, performed with haste
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a cursory glanced by the prince told him cinderellas foot had been cursed
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predatory
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victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain
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a predatory bread story
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tawdry
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gaudy and cheap in appearance
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taudry audrey
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ambulatory
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of or for walking
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an ambulatory ambulance
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idolatry
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blind or excessive devotion to something
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the twins love of their doll tree bordered on idolatry
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pecuniary
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consisting of or relating to money
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peculaiar diary
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adherent
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a follower of a leader
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an adherent adhering to his leader
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armament
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military supplices and weapons
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the long arms of armament
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presentiment
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a sense that something is about to occur
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ted had a presentiment that he was not going to like his present
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atone
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to make amends
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he who does not atone ends up alone
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replette
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full or supplied to the uptmost, gorge
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pete was replete with supplies for his camping trip
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purblind
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having poor vision
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the purblind cat purred as it was led by its seeing-eye mouse
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ethereal
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very light, airy, delicate
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ethereal cereal
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lackadaisical
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showing lack of interest, listless
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a lackadaisical yak in the daises
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cascade
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a waterfall
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a cascade of lemonade
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palisade
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a fortification of timbers set in the ground
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my pal in the shade prefers to sit under palisades
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fusillade
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a rapid outburst
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the aircraft fuselage recieved a fusilade of gunfire
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paradigm
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a pattern that serves as a model
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a paradigm of the new pair of dimes
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malaise
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a vague feeling of discomfort
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hal's malaise whas brought on by spoiled maynaise
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paragon
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a model or pattern of excellence
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a paragon pair of guns
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strife
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bitter conflict, quarrel
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there was a little strife in amanda's life
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appease
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to pacify or relieveby giving into
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to appease his parents, johnny ate peas
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lampoon
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a light, good natured satire
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a lampoon with a harpoon
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boon
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a timely benefit, a blessing
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a boon for baboons
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poltroon
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a coward
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a plantoon full of poltroons
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brazen
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bold, shameless, impudent
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a brazen raisin
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conundrium
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a dillema, any problem or puzzle
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the nun's drum created a conundrum
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bootleg
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to smuggle
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stan was caught with bootleg boots and legs
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diatribe
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a bitter verbal attack
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sitting bull retaliated with a diatribe after his tribe was pied
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offal
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waste parts especially of a butchered animal
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the offal smelled awful
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parley
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a conference, especially between enemies
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the parley turned into a party
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fray
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fight or scuffle,
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a fray in the hay
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lambaste
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to give a thrashing, scold
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the lamb took a lambasting from the champ
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cataclysm
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a violent upheavel or change
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president clinton's cat is about to create a cataclysm
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escapade
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an adventurous unconventional act
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anescapade at the ice capades
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eschew
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to avoid or shun
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its a good policy to eschew all ah chews
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camaraderie
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comradeship
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camaraderie amongst the three comrades
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inconoclast
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one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or polular ideas
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an iconoclast not kind to the past
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dolt
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a stupid person
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a dolt gets the volts
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despot
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an absolute ruler
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this pot is the despot
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mogul
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a rich or powerfull person
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sea gull mogul
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bovine
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of, relating to, or resembling an animal such as an ox, cow, or buffalo
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a bovine on a vine
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supine
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lying on the back with the face turned upward, inclined
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lying supine on the spine
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asinine
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silly, stupid
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this ass of mine is asinine
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maritime
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near the sea, concerning with shipping or navigation
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maritime sailors having a merry time
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sublime
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impressive, inspiring awe
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the navy's new sub lime was sublime
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forebode
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to predict or fortell
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the gypsy foreboded four bones in rex's future
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bombastic
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high sounding, use of language without meaning
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the presidents speech was so bombastic, he was spitting bombs into a basket
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winnow
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to rid of undesirable parts
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winnowing minnows
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prodigious
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enormous in size, quanitity, degree
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a prodigious dish
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panache
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dashing elegance
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sir charle's mustache is a symbol of his panache
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forbearance
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patience
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four parents exhibiting forbearance
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agog
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highly excited by eagerness
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our dog is agog for eggnog
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profound
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intellectually deep
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the toes of king two toes kahmin was a profound discovery
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fiasco
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a humiliating failure
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a tabasco fiasco
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doleful
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sorrowful
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billy was doleful because he had to eat a bowl full of peas
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opaque
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having no luster,
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this diamond is opaque, its a fake
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annals
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descriptive record, history
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putting handles on the sculptured annals
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tome
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a large book
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a bookworms home is a tome
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cataract
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a large waterfall
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john prefered going over the cataract in his caddillac
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jetsam
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cargo thrown overboard to make lighter
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the jets became jetsam
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portal
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an entrance
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a porthole portal
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throng
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a large group of people gathered
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the throng broke into song
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fetter
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to restrain, hamper
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a fettered feather
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torpid
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dormant, inactive, lethargic
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torpid torpedoes
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torrid
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intesnely hot
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poor ed never survived the torrid desert
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pinguid
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fat
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a pinguid penguin
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dishevel
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to make untidy
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tommy disheveled his aunt with his shovel
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nettle
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to irritate, vex
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mosquitoes nettle when they settle
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mottle
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to mark with spots or blotches
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the rare mottled mouse caught in a bottle
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prattle
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to babble, talk meaninglessly
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prattling rattlesnakes
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balk
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to stop short and refuse to procede
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the pirate balked at walking the plank
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curb
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to control or check
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herb could not curb his love of flyingq
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quail
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to shrink with fear
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a qualing qual
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quell
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to extinguis
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grandma quelled the fire with a quilt
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qauff
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drink heartily
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a quaffing giraffe
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estrange
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to alienate
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nancy became estranged from her husband because he was so strange
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disconcert
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to disturb the composure of, upset
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this concert is disconcerting to my father
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espouse
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to adopt, support
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harold's spouse espoused a large family
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reproach
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to express disapproval of
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the coach reproached his team
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bequest
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something left to someone in a will
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joe's last bequest was to go west
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rote
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a memorizing process using routine or repitition without comprehension
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rote roping
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morass
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anything that hinders, traps, or overwhelms, low-loying soggy ground
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the molasses created a morass
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brouhaha
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uproar, hubub
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the witches created a real brouhaha while stirring the brew
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slake
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to quench, satisfy a craving
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larry slaked his thirst in the lake
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bedlam
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a place or scene of noisy upraor
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bedlam in the lamb's bed
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prehensile
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adapted for grasping or upholding
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the monkey's prehensile tail held the utensil
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dour
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severe, gloomy
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a dour flower
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rife
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abundant, great
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the ocean is rife with life
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incontrovertible
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certain, indisputable
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its incontrovertible that beauty quens ride in convertibles
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benighted
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being in a state of intellecual darkness
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a benighted knight
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shunt
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to move or turn aside, evade
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a shunted runt
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respite
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delay, pstpone
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after pitching a double header, david took a respite to rest a bit
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forte
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something in which someone excells
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steve's forte is building tree forts
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enemity
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hostility, deep seated hatred
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sir howard, i have great enmity for your dog's tounge in my tea
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crony
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a clsoe friend or companion
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a bologna and his crony
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bevy
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a group of animals, an assemblage
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a bevy of heavies
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psyche
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the human soul; the mind
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a psyche of a bike lover
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bandy
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to give back and forth
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trick or treaters bandy candy
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chastise
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to disipline, criticize
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the trainer chastized john for his puny chest size
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ploarize
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break up into opposing factions
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polar ice
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tantalize
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excite by exposing something desireable while keeping it out of reach
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santa's lies tantalize
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surmise
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to guess, infer
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run for cover, i surmise a sunrise
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hiatus
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a gap or interruption in space, time, continuity
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a hiatus between us
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evince
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to show or demonstrate clearly
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events should evince tom's short sightedness
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crux
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main point, heart of the matter
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the ducks were the crux of the traffic jam
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apex
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the highest point
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the ape planted his X at the apex
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extrude
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to force out, through a small opening
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an intruder gets extruded
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hearten
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to give strength, hope
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a heart patient recieving not so heartening news
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kindle
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to cause to burn or ingidte
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patrick found a unique way to kindle candles
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portend
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to warn of as an omen, forcast
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his teacher portended that billy would come to a poor end
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seethe
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to be agitated, as by rage
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babies seethe when they teethe
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gastronomy
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the art of good eating
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sam enjoyed astronomy while big bernard enjoyed gastronomy
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propinquity
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proximity, kinship
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the johnson twins sit in close proximity because of their propinquity
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animosity
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having a feeling of ill will
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the animalsin the city have their animosity toward development
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cupidity
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excessive greed, especially for money
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cupid with cupidity
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depravity
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extreme wickedness
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dr. toothkill has a depravity for cavities
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hierarchy
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categorization of a group according to ability or status
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the high arch of heigharchy
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plucky
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brave and spirited, courageous
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a plucky ducky
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patrimony
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an inhertance from a father or ancestor
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pat's money is his patrimony
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accrue
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to accumulate over time
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pirates know how to accrue a crew
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exemplar
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a model or original
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example of an exemplary dog
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garner
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to gather or store
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the gardner garnered a large crop
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inure
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to get used to something undesirable
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shoveling manure takes a while to inure
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bolster
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to support as in a group
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members bolstered eachotgher by wearing their holsters
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doff
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to take off, remove, put asside
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to doff is to take off
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don
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to put on
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to don is to put on
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svelte
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slum, slender
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tina felt great when she became svelte
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diurnal
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occuring every day
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a diurnal turtle
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pristine
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extremely pure
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marge routinely had her carpets cleaned so that they would look pristine
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squalid
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dirty and wrteched, as from poverty or lack of care
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a squalid squid
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capitulate
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to surrender under certain conditions
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to foreign legionnairs capitulated with a cap pitch
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exonerate
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free from accusation
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his honor was too late to exonerate an innocent prisoner
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expatriatte
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to exile, banish
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expatriating a patriot
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PALLIATE
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TO MAKE SEEM LESS ERIOUS
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THE CROCODILE PALLIATED FOR THE PAL HE ATE
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inundate
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to overwhelm with abundance or excess, flood
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ian was inundated with dates
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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no one dared deprecate debra's cake
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ruminate
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to ponder, reflect upon
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larry didn't have to ruminate about taking this guy as a roomate
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