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remunerate
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To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
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unprepossessing
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creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
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consummate
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Complete or perfect in every respect
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vintner
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A wine merchant.
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harangue
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A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.
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cord
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A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood
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prescience
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Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.
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percipient
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Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily.
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profligate
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Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.
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spendthrift
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One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
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redress
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Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation.
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restitution
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The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered.
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winnow
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To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.
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chaff
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The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing.
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dregs
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The sediment in a liquid
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silage
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Fodder prepared by storing and fermenting green forage plants in a silo.
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feral
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Existing in a wild or untamed state.
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visceral
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From the gut.
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slothful
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Lazy.
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jeopardy
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Danger.
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urbanity
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A smooth, polished character.
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pliant
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Supple, flexible, bending easily
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ostentatious
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Extremely showy.
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brazen
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Bold.
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peremptory
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Putting an end to all debate or action; authoritative.
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laudatory
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Expressing praise.
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decry
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To openly disparage or belittle, censure.
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delude
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Deceive.
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inter
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To place in a grave or tomb; bury.
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sprightly
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Lively, animated, vivacious.
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corporeal
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Of the flesh.
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acrimonious
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Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous: an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.
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torpid
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Slow, apathetic, sluggish.
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germane
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Closely related, relevant.
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aseptic
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Free from disease-causing germs.
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dour
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Sullen, gloomy.
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deign
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Condescend.
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preeminent
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Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.
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sectarian
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Adhering or confined to the dogmatic limits of a sect or denomination; partisan.
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desultory
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Half-hearted; inconsistent
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sententious
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Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
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perdition
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Damnation.
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raconteur
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One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.
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retinue
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The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.
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drake
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Male duck.
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tonic
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A medicine the revitalizes and strengthens.
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inundate
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To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
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ruminate
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To turn a matter over and over in the mind.
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brood
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Worry about something at great length.
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paean
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A song of praise.
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dirge
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A song of mourning.
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manse
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A large stately residence.
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rectory
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The house in which a parish priest or minister lives.
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potentate
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Monarch
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votary
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A person bound by religious vows
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vicar
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a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
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peregrinate
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To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot.
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predestination
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previous determination as if by destiny or fate
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gyrate
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To revolve around a fixed point or axis.
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laxity
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Lack of discipline; carelessness
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proclivity
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A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition.
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rancor
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bitter hate
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check
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to hinder or restrain
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stultify
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To render useless or ineffectual; cripple.
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promulgate
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Publicly promote
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propitiate
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to conciliate or make favorably inclined
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antedate
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predate
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satiate
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fulfill
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perfidy
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falseness; a deliberate breach of trust
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mollify
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To allay or calm
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puissant
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mighty, powerful, potent
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antithetical
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contrasting or opposing
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penury
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great poverty
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munificence
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generosity
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disenfranchise
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deprive of voting rights
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vitiate
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To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
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misogyny
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Hatred of women
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tribulation
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hardship
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prattle
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To talk freely and carelessly
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dietetics
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The science of nutrition
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hydrology
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The science of water movements
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resplendent
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briliantly colored
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pallid
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pale or lacking in color
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ineffable
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something that can't be expressed in words
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excrutiate
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To inflict great pain or torment
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enrapture
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To put someone in a state of ecstasy
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chary
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Very wary, shy
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deft
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Quick and skillful; adroit.
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tight-lipped
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frank
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adulterate
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Corrupt, make more impure
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palliate
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lessen, make less serious
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abject
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miserable, pitiful
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vapid
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Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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surly
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# Sullenly ill-humored; gruff.
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affectation
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A pretense or artificial behavior
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effrontery
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impudence
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imprecation
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curse
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impugn
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To attack with words
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turgid
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Swollen or bloated; overly ornate or full of meaningless rhetoric
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inebriety
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State of being intoxicated
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equanimity
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calmness
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factious
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dissenting
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arduous
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difficult
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interdict
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forbid
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chimerical
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unreal
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lassitude
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A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.
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felicity
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happiness
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torpor
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A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
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unfettered
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free and unrestrained
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obloquy
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disgrace or public censure
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recompense
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Amends made, as for damage or loss.
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callow
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immature
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enervate
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weaken
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dilatory
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not prompt
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enfeeble
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To deprive of strength; make feeble.
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circumspect
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Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.
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mores
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accepted rules of social behavior
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martinet
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one who insists on strict obedience of all regulations
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paragon
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A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example
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extemporaneous
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spontaneous
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injudicious
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unwise or imprudent
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perturbation
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confusion or disorder
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contemporaneous
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Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time
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crotchety
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complaining, grouchy or irritable
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intrigue
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plot and scheme; arouse interest
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trenchant
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perceptive
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incipient
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about to happen in the immediate future
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frenetic
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frantic
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apposite
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fitting, characterized by relevance
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apposite
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fitting; characterized by relevance
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incipient
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Beginning to exist or appear
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nettle
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irritate
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ennoble
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to make noble or excellent
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recant
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to take back a statement
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umbrage
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offense or displeasure
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primacy
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the state of being first or foremost.
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maleficent
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producing harm or evil
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palpable
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obvious
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execrate
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to curse, denounce or detest
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abrade
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To wear down or rub away by friction; erode.
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spurious
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false or counterfeit
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antiquated
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old
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munificent
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generous
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slovenly
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messy, careless
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fulsome
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disgusting or offensively excessive
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fastidious
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Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
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subsume
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To classify, include, or incorporate in a more comprehensive category or under a general principle
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conflate
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combine
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numismatist
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coin collector
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bibliophile
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book collector
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boor
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crude, vulgar person
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stoic
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someone unaffected by emotion
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sublimate
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To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.
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ruffle
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To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple.
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curmudgeon
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grumpy person
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plutocrat
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One whose wealth gives him power or influence
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arboreal
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relating to trees
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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simile
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expression of comparison using "like" or "as"
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expansive
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broad and encompassing
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imperiousness
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quality of being overbearing or domineering
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illimitable
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limitless
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circumscribed
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limited
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belie
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to misrepresent; to expose as false
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timorous
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timid
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inured
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made used to by long exposure
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retort
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talk back
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mitigate
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to lessen; make less severe
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equable
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uniform, steady, unvarying, or even
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meager
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Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
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inveterate
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long-standing, deeply rooted, or persistent
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piquancy
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the quality of being pleasantly pungent in taste or smell
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meritorious
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Deserving reward or praise; having merit.
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controvert
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to contradict or refute (an argument)
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buttress
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support (an argument)
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hallmark
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a seal
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whit
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the smallest particle imaginable
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confounded
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confused; befuddled
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bemused
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dazed or lost in thought
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wizened
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dried up, withered
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compunction
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remorse
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contravention
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violation
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foolhardy
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overly courageous
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intrepid
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bold
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anatomize
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to discuss or examine to the most minute detail
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stymie
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To thwart; stump
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dote
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to care to the point of excess
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discordant
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disagreeing or not harmonious
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graver
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a tool used to cut into metal
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rotundity
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roundness
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gaunt
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thin
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sedulity
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industriousness
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protagonist
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a character in a drama
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germane
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relevant
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tortuous
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winding, crooked
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maladroit
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clumsy
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opulence
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richness and luxury
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petulant
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Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
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complacent
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satisfied or smug
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preternatural
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abnormal; supernatural
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pariah
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outcast
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lion
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one welcomed and respected by society
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gull
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A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe.
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peripatetic
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wandering or itinerant
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stolid
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hard to move to emotion
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episodic
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Composed of a series of episodes
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amalgam
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A combination of diverse elements; a mixture
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denigrate
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To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
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certitude
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The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence.
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dogmatism
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Arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief.
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garrulous
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Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
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jocular
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Characterized by joking
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epitomize
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to serve as a typical example of
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scabbard
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sword holder
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abstemious
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refraining from overindulgence in food or drink
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sate
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To satisfy (an appetite) fully.
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pandemic
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epidemic
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nosegay
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A small bunch of flowers; a bouquet.
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picayune
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insignificant, not worthy of attention
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hector (v)
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to bully
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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conflagration
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large fire
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tenable
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defendable
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largess
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great generosity; liberality in giving
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parsimony
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stingyness
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penchant
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a strong and continued liking for something
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engender
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To bring into existence; give rise to
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acclivity
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an upward slope
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rectitude
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correct conduct; moral virtue
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depravity
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Moral corruption or degradation.
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