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222 Cards in this Set
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Frenetic
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Wildly Excited or active
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Fractious
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Unruly, Quarrelsome
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Obdurate
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Stubborn, inflexible
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Topor
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Laziness; Inactivity; Dullness
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Didactic
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Intended to Instruct
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Incumbent
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Imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Ebullience
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Enthusiasm
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Tenuous
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Shaky, Unstable, Weak
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Despotic
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Tyrannical
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Dilatory
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Habitualy Late
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Wily
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Cunning
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Emollient
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Calming, Soothig
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Caustic
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Sarcastic
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Pejorative
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Belittling
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Feral
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Savage, Untamed
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Prodigious
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Enormous
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Lamfeasance
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Misconduct
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Replete
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Fill to Capacity
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Prosaic
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Dull, unimaginative
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Pervasive
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Dispersed Throughout
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Harbinger
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hint of what's to come
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Rancorous
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Hateful, ill will
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Abate
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decrease, reduce
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Abet
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Aid, accomplice
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Abjure
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abstain, abandon forever
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Abnegate
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Deny oneself, give up
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Abortive
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Ending without results
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Abrogate
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annul
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Abscond
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To leave in Secret, quietly escape
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Abstemious
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with moderation
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Accede
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To agree to, approve
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Accretion
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increase in size
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acme
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highest level attainable
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Adjudicate
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settle a matter, act as a judge
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Adumbrate
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hint of something to come
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Aerie
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elevated, secluded dwelling
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Aggregate
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sum total
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Alimentary
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pertaining to food, digestion
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Allay
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to lessen, ease, reduce, alleviate
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Anodyne
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source of comfort that releives pain
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Aplomb
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poise; self assurance
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Apostate
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renouncer of faith
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Apprie
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inform, give notice to
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Apposite
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well adapted, stikingly approriate
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Askance
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with disapproval
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Arrears
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unpaid, neglected obligations
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Arrogate
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to claim without justification
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Atavistic
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ancient
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Aver
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affirm
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Aduncular
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having kindness & warmth
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Ballast
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Stabalizing Structure
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Beatific
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calmness and joy; celestial happiness
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Becloud
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obscure, blur
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Bedraggle
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soiled, wet and limp, dilapidated
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Behemouth
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soomething of monstrous size or power
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Bombastic
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ostentatiousl lofty in style
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Bucolic
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pastoral, rural
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Bursar
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Keeper of fund
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Cacophony
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jarring, unpleasant noise
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Calumny
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misrepresentation
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Celerity
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Speed, haste
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Chary
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shy, cautious, watchful
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Chimerical
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imaginary, impossible
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Cloying
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sickly sweet, excessive
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Concomitant
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existing concurrently
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Consternation
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intense fear or dismay
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Contiguous
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sharing a boundry, neighboring
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convalesce
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recover from an illness
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coterie
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small group of people with a similar purpose
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denizen
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resident
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Diluvial
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pertaining to a flood
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Effluvia
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waste
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Epochal
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momentous, highly significant
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Ersatz
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atrificial, imitation
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Espy
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glimpse
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Celerity
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Speed, haste
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Chary
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shy, cautious, watchful
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Chimerical
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imaginary, impossible
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Cloying
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sickly sweet, excessive
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Concomitant
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existing concurrently
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Consternation
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intense fear or dismay
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Contiguous
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sharing a boundry, neighboring
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convalesce
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recover from an illness
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coterie
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small group of people with a similar purpose
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denizen
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resident
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Diluvial
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pertaining to a flood
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Effluvia
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waste
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Epochal
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momentous, highly significant
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Ersatz
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atrificial, imitation
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Espy
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glimpse
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Excoriate
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strongly disapprove of
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extripate
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annihilate
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extrude
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to force out
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Febrile
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intense emotion or activity, feverish
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feckless
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ineffective, worthless
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Fulsome
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adundant, insincere flattering
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furlough
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leave of absence
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galvanize
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shock, arouse awareness
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gamely
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bravely, spiritedly
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Gregatious
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outgoing, sociable
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Hedonist
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one whos goal is to pursue pleasure
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Hubris
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excessive pride, self- confidence
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imbibe
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absord
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imperturbable
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calm & steady
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implacable
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inflexible
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importunate
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troublesomely urgent
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imprecation
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curse
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impute
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unjustly blame for
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Incarnadine
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Blood red
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Inchoate
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imperfectly formed
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Insensate
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foolish
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Insuperable
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incapable of being overcome
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internecine
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destructive for all
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irascible
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easily angered
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itinerant
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unsettled
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jocular
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playful, humorous
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kismet
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destiny, fate
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lampoon
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ridicule with satire
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lecherous
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lewd, lustful
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licentious
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immoral, unrestrained by society
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lilliputian
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very small
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mawkish
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sickeningly sentimental
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Megalomania
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obsession with great performance
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mellifluous
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richly flowing
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missen
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written note/letter
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mores
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fixed moral attitudes
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mordant
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biting and caustic
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mote
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speck
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nebulous
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vague, undefined
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neonate
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newborn child
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obfuscate
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confuse, make obscure
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olfactory
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relating to sense of smell
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opine
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to express an opinion
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opprobrious
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shameful, disgraceful
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palimpset
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having diverse layers/aspects beneath the surface
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lilliputian
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very small
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mawkish
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sickeningly sentimental
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Megalomania
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obsession with great performance
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mellifluous
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richly flowing
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missen
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written note/letter
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mores
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fixed moral attitudes
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mordant
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biting and caustic
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mote
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speck
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nebulous
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vague, undefined
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neonate
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newborn child
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obfuscate
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confuse, make obscure
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olfactory
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relating to sense of smell
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opine
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to express an opinion
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opprobrious
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shameful, disgraceful
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palimpset
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having diverse layers/aspects beneath the surface
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Panache
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flamboyant in action
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise
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peculate
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embezzle
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pecuniary
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relating to money
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Pellucid
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easy to understand
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Penchant
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definite liking
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penury
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severe poverty
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Peregrinate
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travel on foot
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philistine
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materialistic person
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Phlegmatic
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unemotional temporament
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philology
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study of ancient texts & languages
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platitude
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overused & trite remark
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Plucky
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spunky
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polyglot
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speaker of many languages
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portentious
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eliciting wonder
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potentate
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A Ruler
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Promulgate
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proclaim
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Propensity
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natural preference
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proscribe
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condemn as harmful or unlawful
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pugilism
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boxing
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puissant
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powerful
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purloin
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to steal
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Rapacious
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taken by force, driven by greef
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rapt
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deeply absorbed
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recidivism
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tendancy to relapse into bad behavior
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relegate
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banish
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rescind
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cancel
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revile
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criticize harshly
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rostrum
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platform for public speaking
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saccharine
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excessively sweet, sentimental
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Salacious
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appealing to sexual desire
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salient
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prominent, notable significance
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Saturnine
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gloomy, slow to act
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seamy
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morally defraded, unpleasant
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Sequester
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to set apart, seclude
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Seraphic
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angelic, sweet
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Seminal
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creative
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Simian
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apelike
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Sobriquet
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a nickname
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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Stalwart
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outgoing strength of body, mind or spirit
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Stint
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sparing, frugal
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stratify
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arrange/divide into layers
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stymie
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block or thwart
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Sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Salacious
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appealing to sexual desire
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salient
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prominent, notable significance
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Saturnine
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gloomy, slow to act
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seamy
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morally defraded, unpleasant
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Sequester
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to set apart, seclude
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Seraphic
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angelic, sweet
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Seminal
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creative
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Simian
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apelike
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Sobriquet
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a nickname
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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Stalwart
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outgoing strength of body, mind or spirit
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Stint
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sparing, frugal
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stratify
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arrange/divide into layers
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stymie
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block or thwart
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Sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Tawdy
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gaudy, cheap, showy
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Toady
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one who flatters to get favors
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Tortuous
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convoluted
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Turgid
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bloated
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Vernal
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relating to spring, fresh
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Vim
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vitality and energy
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Visceral
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instinctive, deeply emotional
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vituperate
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abuse verbally
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Winsome
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charming, happily engaging
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Yen
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strong desire, craving
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Senith
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point of culmination; peak
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Zephyr
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gentle breeze; airly or unsubstantial
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