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dexterity

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skill in performing tasks. especially with the hands. her dexterity with guns.

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Indomitable

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Impossible to defeat or discourage

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alleviating

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making pain less severe. “alleviate the comtemporary problems facing many africans.”

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to prevail

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prove more powerfull or superior

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salient

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most notable - his salients features

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enticement

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something used to attract og tempt someone; a lure

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Precocious

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Unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development

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Pivotal

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of vital or critical importance

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Incentive

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Something that encourages a person to do something or to work harder. “The effects of global warming provides a strong incentive to stop being a motherearthfuckupper.”

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Spartan

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Lacking comfort or luxury.

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Sanitation

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The process of keeping places free from dirt, infection, disease, etc., by removing waste, trash and garbage, by cleaning streets, etc.

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Orifice

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An openinf, especially to a cavity or passage of the body

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Rueful

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feeling, showing or expessing sorrow, pity; mournful; doleful

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adequate

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sufficient to satisfy or meet a need

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To consecrate

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Make or declare something as sacred

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Venerate

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Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age “The venerate King of spain”

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Au courant

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Up-to-date

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Diligent

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Constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything.

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Quaint

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Attractively unusual or old-fashioned

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Scrutiny

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Critical observation or examination “with the scrutiny of a CSI cast member”