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repeal a law |
abrogate
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difficult to understand
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abstruse
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make white or pale by extracting color; bleach
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blanch
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of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
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bucolic
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to utter maliciously false statements
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calumniate
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a false or unfounded report or story
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canard
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grieving and peniting or sin or shortcoming
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contrite
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sedate property and good state
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decorous
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to dry up
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desiccated
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make something more attractive
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embellish
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appropriate
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felicitous
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stealthy charateristics of a thief
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furtive
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hallow
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honor as holy
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ignominy
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shame or disgrace
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silly,stupid
lacking sense |
inane
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fond of or characterized by joking
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jocular
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absurd
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ludicrous
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wrongdoing esp by public official
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malfeasance
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of,affecting or resembling pigs
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porcine
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occuring at irregular interval or only few places
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Sporadic
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