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112 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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to renounce
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equanimity
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stability, calmness
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estrange
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to alienate
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flay
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to whip
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florid
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rosy colored, reddish
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interminable
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tiresome and long
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lugubrious
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mornful, gloomy
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nondescript
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having no individuality
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propitious
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favorable, auspicious
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vernacular
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everyday language
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zealous
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ferevent, fanatical
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arable
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fit for cultivation
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brigand
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robber, bandit
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carte blance
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authority with no bounds
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consomme
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clear soup
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contemptuous
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scornful, haughty
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discerning
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distinguising differences, detecting
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incantation
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charm
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interlocutor
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questioner
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nomenclature
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naming system in an art/science
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seredipity
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a forunate disovery made my accident
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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vestige
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trace, evidence
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abstemious
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eating and drinking moderately
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archaic
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no longer current
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dulcet
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melodious
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expurgate
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remove objectionable words from
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idyllic
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carefree
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iniquity
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sin
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lithe
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supple, graceful
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patronizing
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condescending
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pellucid
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transparent, clear
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perspicacious
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keen, mentally sharp
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relegate
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assign
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usurp
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to take over
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vacillate
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waver, to sway indecisively
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acme
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highest point
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin
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catharsis
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emotional experience
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desiccate
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to dry up completely
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dissipate
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to waste
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efficacious
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effective
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effable
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inexpressible
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intrinsic
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of o relating to basic nature
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inundate
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to cover with
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maxim
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fundamental principle
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revere
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to regard with respect
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servile
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submissive
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superfluous
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unecessary
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consternation
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dismay or worry
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conundrum
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puzzle
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emollient
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something softening
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expiate
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to atone, to make amends for
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extricate
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to release
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flippancy
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disrepect
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foist
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to pass of as worthy or real
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innocuous
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harmless
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inveterate
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habitual
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soluble
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easily dissolved
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vitriolic
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bitterly spiteful
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imbroglio
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difficult situation
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impetuous
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impulsive, rash
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malinger
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to pretend to be ill
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peregrination
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traveling on foot, walking
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platitude
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cliche
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sanctimonious
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false piety
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scullion
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kitchen servent
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sectarian
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narrowly confined to a particular group
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stringent
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strict
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trite
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cliched, lacking interest
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venerate
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respect, worship
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wrenching
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violent
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cerebral
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relating ot brain
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churlish
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boorish, vulgar
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cogent
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convincing
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convoluted
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difficult to discern
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entreat
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to ask or petition for, plead
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incumbent
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obligatory
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inimical
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adverse, hostile
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livid
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angry, furious
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lurid
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sensational, ghasty
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promulgate
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to announce
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spurious
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false, incorrect
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staid
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sedate, proper
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surfeit
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an excessive amount
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allay
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relieve
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asperity
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severity, harshness
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exegesis
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an analysis
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extradite
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to realse an accused criminal to another jurisdiction
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inveigh
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protest
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lionize
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to honor
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pander
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to act as a go between, exploit weakness of others
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profilgate
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wasteful, immoral
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistent
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renuncaition
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rejection, abandoment
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unimpeachable
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beyond doubt
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unwiedly
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not easily held
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vitiate
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reduce value of
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benign
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favorable
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blithe
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carefree
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bumpkin
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unsophisticated person
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corroborate
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to make more certain
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culpable
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blameable, responsible for
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goad
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to urge
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indecorous
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lacking good taste, improper
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indolent
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lazy
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pervasive
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permeating, present throughout
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provocative
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stimulating
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punitive
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punishing
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recrimination
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accusation made to counter another
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soporific
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something that induces sleep
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toady
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sycophant
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