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decry
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to depreciate, officiall (money)
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malignant
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having an evil influence,wishing evil, very malevolent or malicious,very harmful,very dangerous,virulent causing or likely to cause death
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filibuster
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the use of such methods to obstruct a bill
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inundated
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to overflow, to move in waves, cause death or flood,to cover with or as with a flood
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augment
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to make greater as in size or quantity, strenthen, enlarge
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pragmatic
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of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations
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scintillate
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to emit sparks,to sparkle, to twinkle, shift rapidly
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salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health, healthful
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candor
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being frank,open, sincere in speech or expression,candidness, freedom from bias, fairness
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moot
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open to discuss in or debate of or no pratical value or meaning not actual, theoretical hypothetical
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lethargic
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the quality or state of being drowsy dull listless and unenergetic indifferent sluggish lazy
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declivity
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a downward slope, as of ground
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding hard to please excessive care or delicacy
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intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its very nature belonging or lying within a given part -the intrinsic value of a gold ring)
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autonomous
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self-governing independent subject to its own laws only- pertaining to an autonomy not subject to control from outside independent functioning independently
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