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adversary
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opponent; enemy
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enemy VERSES enemy
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arduous
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laborious; difficult to do; strenuous
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brevity
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briefness; shortness; terseness
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coercion
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the act of forcing to act in a certain way
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copious
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plentiful; abundant
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the COPs had an abundant amount of IOUS to handle
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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duplicity
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tricky or dishonest dealing
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you DUPLICATE money with dishonest dealing
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enmity
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deep-seated, often mutual hatred
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you have mutual hatred with an ENEMY
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expedite
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to speed up or make easy
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glib
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done with a natural, offhand ease
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heresy
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controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine
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incredulous
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disbelieving or skeptical
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is too INCREDIBLE to be true
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indict
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to charge with having committed a crime
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insipid
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without flavor; unexciting; dull
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loquacious
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very talkative
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misanthrope
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one who hates or distrusts all people
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obliterate
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to do away with completely
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"O"BOLISH
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pariah
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social outcast
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pejorative
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tending to make or become worse
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PEas made JORdan's situation worse
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presumptuous
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overstepping proper bounds; too bold or forward
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PRESUME too quickly
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repeal
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to revoke, cancel, or annul
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scrupulous
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conscientious and exact; principled
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superfluous
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being more than is needed or wanted
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terse
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brief and to the point
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vindicate
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to clear from blame, accusation, or suspicion
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