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101 Cards in this Set
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MAR
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damage, disfigure, spoil
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WEAN
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stop a young child or animal from nursing on mother's milk; free from a habit, activity, or dependence
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BOISTEROUS
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rough; rowdy; noisily high-spirited and unrestrained
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DISPARAGE
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say bad things about; belittle or discredit
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CHOLERIC
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hot-tempered, easily angered, irascible
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ENMITY
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hatred; ill will
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IMPUTE
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blame or charge with; attribute, ascribe
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SALLOW
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sickly yellow
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CHIDE
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scold, rebuke, reproach, reprimand
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RANCOR
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bitter hatred or ill will
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GRAVE
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serious, somber, solemn
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DEXTERITY
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skill with hands, body or mind
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PERJURE
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lie while under an oath to tell the truth
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DISSEMBLER
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one who conceals or disguises one's real feelings, motives, or thoughts
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ADVERSITY
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misfortune, hard times, great hardship, trouble
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FICKLE
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inconstant, changeable
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PENSIVE
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thinking deeply in a serious or sad way; thoughtful; reflective
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PROSTRATE
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lying or stretched out with face usually to the ground; prone; lie flat with face downward
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DISTRAUGHT
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upset; anxious; deeply; agitated
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SULLEN
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gloomily; silent; broodingly or resentfully ill-humored; somber, dismal, morose
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MEAGER
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poor, inadequate, scanty; lean, thin
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INAUSPICIOUS
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not favorable to plans or hopes, unlucky; having bad omens
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PRIVY
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having knowledge of something private or secret; private, secret, hidden, confidential
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AMBLED
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to walk at a leisurely pace (cowboy)
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ASSUAGED
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to lessen or calm
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IMPOTENT
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powerless
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IMPUDENT
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boldly disrespectful (don't care what anyone thinks about you)
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MALEVOLENT
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evil
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PIETY
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devoted to religious duties and practices
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REPERTOIRE
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all the special skills a person has
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TACITURN
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almost always silent; uses few words; speaks very little (Atticus)
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CONDESCEND
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agree to do something that you believe to be beneath you (Jem as a 5th grader taking Scout to a 1st grade play)
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ENTAILMENT
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legal proceedings involving the use of inherited property
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INDIGENOUS
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belonging to a particular region or country
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SECEDED
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to break away from
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SOJOURN
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a brief visit
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SUBSEQUENT
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following closely after something else
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AMIABLE
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friendly
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CONTEMPTUOUS
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feeling something or someone is worthless or beneath you
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CONTENTIOUS
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always ready to fight or argue
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DIMINUTIVE
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smaller than normal
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DISCERNABLE
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understandable
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DISPENSATION
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release from an obligation or promise
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PERSEVERE
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to carry on in spite of difficulties
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TRANQUILITY
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peacefulness
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AUSPICIOUS
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favorable
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MELANCHOLY
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sad and gloomy
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BENIGN
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kind and gentle
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MALIGNANT
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dangerous; evil
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PERPETRATED
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carried out; committed
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UNFATHOMABLE
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something that cannot be understood
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COMPENSATION
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to pay for something or make up for something
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INDICATIVE
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showing or pointing out something
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PROVOCATION
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to make angry or irritable
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ARTICULATE
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able to speak and express oneself
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INCONSPICUOUS
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not attracting attention to oneself
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DEGRADATION
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to put down; demoralize
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TIRADE
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a long angry speech
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PERPETUAL
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last forever; ongoing
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AUSTERE
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stern and severe
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FRIVOLOUS
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silly, not serious
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GARISH
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gaudy; showy; very bright
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PREROGATIVE
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exclusive right or privilege
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INFALLIBLE
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never wrong
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TAUT
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tightly stretched
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FUTILITY
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feeling of uselessness; hopelessness
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OMINOUS
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threatening; sinister
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SUCCINCT
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short to the point; clear and brief
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FORMIDABLE
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impressive
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SUBTLE
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not obvious; quiet
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ACRIMONIOUS
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sarcastic; bitter; nasty
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AFFIRMATIVE
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to indicate "yes"; a positive confirmation
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SULLEN
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gloomy and threatening
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TEDIOUS
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boring and tiresome
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EXPUNGE
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remove completely
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DISCREET
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carefully phrased; cautious
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INDICTED
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formally accused; charged
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TEMERITY
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foolish or rash boldness
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ACQUIT
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cleared of a charge; find not guilty
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FERAL
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wild; savage
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RUEFUL
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regretfully
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VEHEMENT
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full of emotion and strong feeling
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APPREHENSION
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fear; sense that something will happen
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HYPOCRITE
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people who pretend to be something they are not
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IMPERTINENCE
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disrespect
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SCOWL
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a look of displeasure
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REMORSE
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feeling of regret and guilt
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NOTORIETY
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fame
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NONDESCRIPT
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dull; with no special or interesting qualities
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ECCENTRICITIES
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odd behavior
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FURTIVE
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secret
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REPRIMAND
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scold
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CONNIVED
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secretly cooperated or agreed to
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CUNNING
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skilled in deceiving; craftiness; sly; clever
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GAPED
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to state with an open mouth, as in wonder or shock
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MORBID
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suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; gloomy; gruesome; grisly
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CHRONIC
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constant; habitual; continuing for a long time (such as a disease, habit, or weakness)
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PILGRIMAGE
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a journey, especially a long one made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion or as homage to something or someone
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INEVITABLE
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unable to be avoided or escaped; sure to occur, unalterable
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INDIGNANT
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expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or bias
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CURTNESS
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rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner; concise; short
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