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To beg for insistently
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importune
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an object believed to have magical powers;
an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence |
fetish
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to take up and support; to become attatched to; to marry
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espouse
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to insert between other parts or things
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interpolate
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living together in a herd or group;
sociable, seeking the company of others |
gregarious
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pertainting to beauty
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aesthetic
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to frustrate, thwart, to defeat, to confuse
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discomfit
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marked by persistent absence of good luck
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hapless
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a guess, tentative theory;
to make a guess |
conjecture
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faultless, beyond criticism or blame
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impeccable
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no longer in existence or functioning; dead
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defunct
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concise, using few words
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laconic
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the lowest point
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nadir
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become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop
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languish
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incapable of being repaired
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irreparable
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done in a superficial or halfhearted manner withough interest or enthusiasm
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perfunctory
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givent to lying or deception; untrue
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mendacious
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present in all places at all times
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omnipresent
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equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
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lantamount
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to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness;
to make retalitaion as for an injury |
requite
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expressive of sorrow or woe
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plaintive
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persisting in holding ovstiately to old ideas or hapits
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unregenerate
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persisting in holding ovstiately to old ideas or hapits
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unregenerate
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persisting in holding ovstiately to old ideas or hapits
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unregenerate
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