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sodden

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soaking wet; heavy with moisture

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auspice

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patronage, assistance or protection; a sign or omen

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sordid

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vile; base; gross; filthy; foul

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retrench

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to cut off; to pare away

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commensurate

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equal or in proper proportion

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perspicacity

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good judgment; acute understanding

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discernible

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apparent; visible; capable of being seen or understood

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aver

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to declare true; to assert with confidence

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expatiate

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to enlarge or elaborate upon something; to go in great detail

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propensity

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bias; bent; tendency

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medicant

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a beggar

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dowdy

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not stylish; unattractive

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bereft

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lacking, deprived of

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invidious

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worthy of envy; desirable; likely to produce ill will

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abut

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to border, be contiguous; to meet

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supplant

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to take the place of

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elliptical

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having a part omitted; having the form of an oval

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languid

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drooping or flagging from exhaustion; weak; without animation

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insipid

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uninteresting; weak; vapid; lacking taste or flavor

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denigrate

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to defame; to tarnish the reputation of

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misogynist

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a woman hater

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impertinent

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not to the point, irrelevant, inapplicable; trifling; frivolous; against good manners

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crux

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essential point of a problem

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disheveled

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falling loosely in disarray

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substantive

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enduring; solid; firm

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incidental

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causal; accidental, not of prime concern

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brusque

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short and abrupt

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stullify

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to make foolish

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foment

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to nurse to life or activity; to encourage

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deft

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clever; handy; dexterous

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middling

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aver, mediocre

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raconteur

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someone skilled at storytelling

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anathema

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greatly detested; seen to be accursed or damned

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portent

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an omen, a harbinger, a sign of something that is yet to happen

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cogent

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having the power to compel conviction or move the will

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belabor

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to beat soundly (as a point); to work diligently

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harangue

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a loud or pompous speech addressed to a large public assembly

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trenchant

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keen, biting, severe

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inculcate

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teach something by frequent repetition or repeated warnings

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frenetic

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fast-paced, frantic

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vitreous

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made of glass; fluid of the eye

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wizened

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dried; shriveled; withered

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evanescent

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fleeting

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onerous

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difficult, having disadvantageous obligation

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upbraid

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scold; chastise

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reproach

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criticize somebody, feel blameworthy

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recast

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cast object again, change something

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repine

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feel dissatisfied and complain

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inveterate

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habitual, firmly established