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porcine
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adj. related to, or suggesting swine
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piggy
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salubrious
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adj. favorable to or promoting health or wellbeing.
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healthy
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nemesis
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noun. greek goddess of retribution/ a fermitable usually victorious rival or opponent
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rival
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machination
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noun, a scheming or crafty action or artful design trying to accomplish some evil end.
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evil art
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drub
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verb, to beat severely
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beat up
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innuendo
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noun, a vailed or equivocal reflection on character or reputation.
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something that hurts or makes your reputation or character
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captious
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adj, marked by an illnatured inclination to stress faults or raise objections; calculated to confuse or entrap in arguement.
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sojourn
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noun, a temporary stay
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visit
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remonstrate
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verb, to protest
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argue
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inauspicious
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adj, not favorable.
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not liked
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malaise
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noun, feeling of illness or lack of health
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sick
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apellation
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noun, an identifying name or title
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name
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attenuate
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verb, to lessen the amount. weaken
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blandishment
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noun, something that tends to coax
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insufferable
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adj, not to be endured; intolerable
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dissent
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verb,to differ in opinion
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peripatetic
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adj, given to walking; moving from place to place.
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querulous
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adj, habitually complain; whining
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sardonic
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adj, skeptically humorous; mocking
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verbose
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adj, containing more words than necessary.
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