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acquisitive
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able to gert and retain ideas or info; concerned w/ acquiriong wealth or property
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arrogate
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to claim or take w/o right
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dbanal
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backneyed, trite, commonplace
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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carping
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;
petty, nagging criticism |
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigin
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emulate
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to imitate w/ the intent of equaling or surprassing the model
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ecomium
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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eschew
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to avoid, shun keep away from
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germane
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relevant, appropraite, aporoopos, fitting
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insatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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invidious
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offensive, hateful; tending to casue bitterness and resentmen
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largesse
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or exam
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give conrete or substantial form to
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taciturn
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habitually silent or quit, inclined to talk very little
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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()acqisitive
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adj
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()arrogate
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v
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()banal
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adj
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()belabor
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v
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()carping
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adj, n
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coherent ()
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adj
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()congeal
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v
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() eulate
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v
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() encomium
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n
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()eschew
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v
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()germane
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adj
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()inaiabl
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adj
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()intrasigent
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adj
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()ividious
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adj
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()largese
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n
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()reconaissace
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n
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()substantiate
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v
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()taciturn
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adj
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()temporize
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v
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()tenable
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adj
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PRO aquisitive
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a KWIZ e tiv
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PROarrogate
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A re gat
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PRObanal
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be NAL
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PRO belabor
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bi LA ber
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PRO carping
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KAR ping
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PRO coherent
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ko HER ent
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PRO congeal
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ken JEL
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PRO emulate
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EM ye lat
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PRO encomium
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en ko ME em
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PRO eschew
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es CHU
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PRO germane
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jer MAN
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PRO insatiabl
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in SA she bl
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PRO intransigent
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in TRAN se jent
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PRO invidious
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in VID e es
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PRO largesse
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lar JES
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PRO reconaissance
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ri KAN sens
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PRO substantiate
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seb STAN she at
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taciturn PRO
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TAS tern
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temporize PRO
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TEM pe riz
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tenable PRO
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TEN a bel
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syn acquisitive
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greedy, grapsing, avaricious, retentive
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avaricous
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greedy
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ant acquiitive
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altristic, unretentive
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altruistic
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giving much of and known for it
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arrogate syn
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expropriate, usurp, commandeer
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arrogate syn
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expropriate, usurp, commandeer
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expropriate
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to take
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banal syn
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stale, insipid
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insipid
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bland
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ant banal
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fresh, novel, original, new
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syn belabor
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overwork
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syn carping
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nit-picking, caviling
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caviling
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pointless objection
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ant carping
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approving, uncritical
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coherent syn
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cnnecticted, unified, cosisent, cohesive
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ant coherent
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muddled, chaotic, disjointed
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syn congeal
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harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
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ant congeal
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melt, liquefy
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emulate syn
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copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
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encomium syn
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panegyric, eulogy, commendation
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panegyric
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praise
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eschew syn
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abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
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ant encomium
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condemnation, castigation, criticism
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ant eschew
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embrace, adopt
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germane syn
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pertinent
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ant germane
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irrelevent, extraneous, inappropriate
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insatiable syn
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unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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intransigent syn
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uncomprimising, unyielding, obdurate
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obdurate
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stubborn
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ant intransigent
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lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
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invidious syn
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malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
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pejoritive
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offensive
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ant invidious
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complimentar, flattrin, ameliorative
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ameliorative
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to make it better
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largessesyn
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liberality, munifience, bounty
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munificence
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generous
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ant largesse
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stingness, miserliness, niggardliness
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nigardliness
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cheap
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reconaissance syn
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scouting expedition
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substantiate syn
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verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
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ant subtantiate
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refute, disprove, invalidate
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syn taciturn
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tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
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laconic
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inclined to tak very little
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ant taciturn
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garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
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prolix
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talkative
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temporize syn
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hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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hedge
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procrastinating loss
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tenable syn
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defensible, justifiable, maintainable
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ant tenable
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indefensible, unjustifiable
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