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barrage
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bombardment
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vested
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special
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canvassed
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to conduct a survey or poll
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primitive
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the first of its kind; original; basci
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denunciation
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blame; harsh criticism
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incumbent
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present;
"george bush is the incumbest president" |
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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splenetic
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irritable
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perfidious
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dishonest - not perfect
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petulant
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ill-tempered
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penury
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poverty
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impugn
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to attack as false; criticize; dispute
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torrid
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hot, burning
passionate |
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wanton
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immoral; gratuitous
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refute
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to dispute
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barrage
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bombardment
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vested
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special
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canvassed
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to conduct a survey or poll
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primitive
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the first of its kind; original; basci
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denunciation
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blame; harsh criticism
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incumbent
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present;
"george bush is the incumbest president" |
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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splenetic
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irritable
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perfidious
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dishonest - not perfect
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petulant
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ill-tempered
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penury
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poverty
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impugn
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to attack as false; criticize; dispute
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torrid
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hot, burning
passionate |
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wanton
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immoral; gratuitous
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refute
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to dispute
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barrage
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bombardment
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vested
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special
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canvassed
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to conduct a survey or poll
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primitive
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the first of its kind; original; basci
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denunciation
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blame; harsh criticism
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incumbent
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present;
"george bush is the incumbest president" |
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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barrage
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bombardment
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splenetic
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irritable
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vested
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special
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perfidious
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dishonest - not perfect
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canvassed
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to conduct a survey or poll
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petulant
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ill-tempered
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primitive
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the first of its kind; original; basci
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penury
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poverty
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denunciation
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blame; harsh criticism
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impugn
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to attack as false; criticize; dispute
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incumbent
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present;
"george bush is the incumbest president" |
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torrid
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hot, burning
passionate |
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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wanton
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immoral; gratuitous
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splenetic
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irritable
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refute
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to dispute
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perfidious
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dishonest - not perfect
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petulant
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ill-tempered
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penury
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poverty
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impugn
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to attack as false; criticize; dispute
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torrid
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hot, burning
passionate |
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wanton
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immoral; gratuitous
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refute
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to dispute
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barrage
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bombardment
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vested
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special
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canvassed
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to conduct a survey or poll
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primitive
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the first of its kind; original; basci
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denunciation
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blame; harsh criticism
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incumbent
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present;
"george bush is the incumbest president" |
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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splenetic
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irritable
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perfidious
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dishonest - not perfect
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petulant
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ill-tempered
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penury
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poverty
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impugn
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to attack as false; criticize; dispute
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torrid
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hot, burning
passionate |
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wanton
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immoral; gratuitous
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refute
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to dispute
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sophomoreic
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immature
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effluvia
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waste; odorous fumes
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patent
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obvious
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interregnum
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temporary halting of government operations
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requite
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to return; repay
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tactile
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producing a sense of touch
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milieu
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environment; situation
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beget
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to produce
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blithe
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joyous
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paean
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tribute; song orexpression of praise
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tortuous
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complex
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pandemic
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affecting a large portion of the population
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sully
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to contaminate; to dishonor
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tarnish
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to ruin; destroy
"to tarnish the reputation" |
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arrogate
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to claim without justification
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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proscribe
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to attack or criticize as harmful or unlawful
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fortitude
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strength
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abjure
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to abstain from
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hegemony
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dominance
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cloying
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excessive
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abnegate
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to give up; deny oneself
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gauche
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not classy
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seminal
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influential
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pariah
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outcast
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bedraggle
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dilapidated
"it's dragging" |
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heretical
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departing from traditional beliefs
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dour
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gloomy
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prostrate
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to lie down in submission
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coagulate
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to clot
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statis
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equilibrium
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febrile
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intense emotion
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fortuitous
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by chance
"fortunate" |
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accretion
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increase
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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flippant
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disrespectfully casual or humorous
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wield
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to exercise authority
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concomitant
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occuring concurrently
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imprecation
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curse
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arrears
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unpaind
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vernal
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fresh
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remiss
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negligible; not paying attention to duty
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chary
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cautious; watchful
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apprise
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to inform
"to apprise a prize" |
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histrionics
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to be emotional to achieve effect
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opprobrious
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shameful
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seraphic
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angelic; sweet
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tout
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to publicly announce
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balk
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to temporary halt and refuse to move forward
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stipulation
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a requirement
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fulsome
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abundant
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askance
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with disapproval
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purport
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to claim
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pique
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to provoke
"to pick at him, provoking him to rebel" |
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fodder
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raw material
"faw/raw" |
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turgid
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bloated
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rostrum
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raised platform for public speaking
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libertine
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free thinker
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mores
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morals
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savant
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person of learning
"marilyn von savant" |
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volley
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round of gunshots
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intimation
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subtle and inirect hint
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pore
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deeply studious
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panegyric
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praise
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coterie
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group of people with similar purpose
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behemoth
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of monstrous size and power
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diffidencE
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shyness
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tumultous
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noisy; disorderly
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quell
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to supress
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purloin
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to steal
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progenitor
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ancestor
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provincial
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narrow-minded; limited in outlook
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sequestor
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to isolate
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coquette
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flirtatious women
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saturnine
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gloomy
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epochal
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momentous
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impudent
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cocky boldness
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rife
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filled with; prevalent
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distend
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bloated
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declaim
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to speak loudly and vehemently
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obstinate
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unreasonably persistent
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reactionary
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conesrvatism (politic)
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glib
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superficial; lacking intellectual depth; rambling nonesense
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promulgate
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proclaim
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wry
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bent in shape
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atavistic
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ancient
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mote
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small particle
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peregrinate
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to travel on foot
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tawdry
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cheap
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nihilism
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to go against tradition
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seamy
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unpleasant
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exponent
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proponent; advocate
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mawkish
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overly sentimental
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wan
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sickly pale
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bilious
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ill-tempereed
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salient
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prominent
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primeval
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ancient
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continence
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self-confidence
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plebeian
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middle class
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broach
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to introduce for the first time
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implacable
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inflexible; cannot be soothed
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filibuter
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tactic used to delay something
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jettison
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to discard
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phalanx
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compact group
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unconscionable
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without a conscience; unscrupulous
"without a conscience" |
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incarnadine
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bloody red color
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circumvent
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to avoid
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peculate
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to steal
"i speculate that she peculated" |
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repose
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leisure
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pare
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to reduce
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prodigal
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abundant
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consternation
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intense state of fear
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expunge
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t erage
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visceral
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emotional
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myopic
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narrow-minded
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untoward
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not easy to work with
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paltry
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small or worthless
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convalesce
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to recover from illness
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fitful
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lacking steadiness
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revile
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verbally abuse
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sophistry
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plausible, but false argument
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pejorative
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belittling
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rectitude
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honest
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quiscient
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quiet
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dirge
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funeral song
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pedantic
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book-based learning
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vignette
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short story
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felicitious
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well-suited
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egregious
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very bad
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impetuous
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spontaneous
"on implus" |
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vicarious
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a substitute; feeling as if you were actually there
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multifarious
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diverse
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prescience
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foreboding
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tangential
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only superficially relevant
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synergy
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combined actions or operations
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subterfuge
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stratagem
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debilitate
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to weaken
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mercenary
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materialistic
"wants a mercedes" |
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strident
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large; harsh
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juxtapose
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to place from side-to-side in order to comare/contrast
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portent
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omen
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vapid
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dull
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dilatory
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HABITUALLYL LATE
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pernicious
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deadly
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prodigious
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enormous
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variegated
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multicolored
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byzantine
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complicated
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arboreal
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related to trees
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verdant
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green with vegetations
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copious
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abundant
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profundity
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profound
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elucidate
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to make clear
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consolidate
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to combine; strengthen
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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prospectus
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a formal proposal
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ascertain
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to find out
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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vex
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to perplex; irritate
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relinquish
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to give up or abandon
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stymie
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to thwart or stump
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error
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supplant
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to reduce
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potentate
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one who has power over others
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insinuate
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to imply/infer
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parity
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equality
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swagger
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to walk in an arrogant manner
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