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Abrasive
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Rubbing away
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Abate
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Subside, moderate
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Abstemious
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Sparing in eating and drinking, temperate
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Acute
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Quickly perceptive, keen, brief and severe
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Adulation
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Flattery, admiration
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Affinity
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Natural liking, similarity
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Amorphous
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Formless, lacking shape or definition
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Ample
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Abundant
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Antidote
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Medicine
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Apprehension
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Fear, discernment, capture
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Arbitrary
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Unreasonable or capricious
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Ardor
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Hear, passion, zeal
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Ascendancy
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Controlling influence
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Atrophy
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Waste away
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Aversion
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Firm dislike
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Bequeath
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Hand down
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Brawn
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Muscular strength
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Censorious
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Critical
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Certitude
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Certainty
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Charlatan
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Deceiver
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Disposition
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Bias
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Clemency
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Lenient
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Concede
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Admit
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Conflagration
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Great fore
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Contemporary
Person belonging to the same period
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Contend
Struggle, compete
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Criterion
Standard using in judging
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Cursory
Casual
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Debilitate
Weaken
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Deference
Respecting another person's wishes
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Degenerate
Deteriorate
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Delineate
Portray
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Deplore
Regret strongly
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Depravity
Corruption, wickedness
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Deprecate
Protest against
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Devious
Not straightforward, erratic
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Diffuse
Wordy, rambling
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Discount
Disregard
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Discursive
Digressing, rambling
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Disinterested
Unbiased
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Dispassionate
Impartial, unbiased
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Disseminate
Distribute, scatter
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Dissent
Disagree
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Dissipate
Squander, waste, scatter
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Dissuade
Persuade not to do
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Divulge
Reveal
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Ebb
Recede, lessen
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Elusive
Evasive, baffling
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Epicure
Connoisseur of food and drink
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Erudite
Learned, schoalrly
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Espouse
Adopt, support
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Ethereal
Light, heavenly
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Evanescent
Fleeting, vanishing
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Exalt
Praise
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Expository
Explanatory
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Extant
Existant
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Facile
Easily accomplished
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Fallacious
False
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Fastidious
Difficult to please
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Fervour
Glowing ardor, intensity of feeling
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Flagrant
Outrageous, wicked
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Foolhardy
Rash, heedless
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Forestall
Prevent by taking action in advance
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Forsake
Desert, abandon
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Forthright
Outspoken, frank
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Foster
Encourage, nurture
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Founder
Fail completely, sink
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Frivolous
Lacking in seriousness
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Furtive
Stealthy, sneaky
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Germane
Pertinent, relevant
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Glib
Fluent
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Grandiose
Pretentious, impressive
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Gratuitous
Given freely, uncalled for
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Guile
Deceit
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Hallowed
Blessed
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Hardy
Sturdy, robust
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Heresy
Opinion contrary to popular belief
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Husband
Conserve, save
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Iconoclast
One who attacks cherished traditions
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Impel
Drive or force onward
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Impetuous
Violent, hasty, rash
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Implicit
Understood but not stated
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Impudence
Impertinence, insolence
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Inadvertently
Unintentionally
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Inane
Silly
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Incense
Enrage
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Incessant
Uninterrupted
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Incisive
Cutting, sharp
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Incite
Arouse to action
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Incorrigible
Uncorrectable
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Indict
Charge
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Indigent
Poor, destitute
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Indiscriminate
Choosing at random, confused
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Indolent
Lazy
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Indomitable
Unconquerable
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Industrious
Hard working, diligent
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Ineffectual
Not effective, weak
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Inequity
Unfairness
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Inexorable
Relentless, implacable, cruel
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Infraction
Violation
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Ingenious
Clever
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Ingrate
Ungrateful person
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Inimical
Hostile
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Insolvent
Bankrupt
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Insularity
Narrow-mindedness, isolation
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Insuperable
Unbeatable
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Insurgent
Rebellious
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Intangible
Elusive, vague
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Intermittent
Periodic, irregular
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Intractable
Stubborn
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Intransigence
Stubbornness
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Intrepid
Courageous
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Introspective
Looking within oneself
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Inundate
Flood, overwhelm
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Invert
Turn upside down or inside out
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Irascible
Irritable, easily angered
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Irreproachable
Blameless, impeccable, perfect
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Irresolute
Uncertain how to act
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Kindle
Inspire
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Lassitude
Languor, weariness
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Lethargic
Drowsy, dull
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List
Tilt, lean over
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Listlessness
Lack in spirit or energy
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Lofty
Very high
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Lucid
Easily understood, clear, intelligible
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Marred
Damaged
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Idealize
Romanticise
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Scanty
Inadequate, meager
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Meek
Quiet and obedient, spiritless
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Melancholy
Gloomy, morose
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Monotony
Sameness leading to boredom
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Mundane
Worldly as opposed to spiritual
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Mutability
Ability to change in form
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Naïveté
Unsophisticated, gullibility
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Oblivion
Obscurity, forgetfulness
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Obtuse
Stupid, plunt
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Officious
Meddlesome
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Ominous
Threatening
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Paltry
Insignificant
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Parsimony
Stinginess
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Pensive
Thoroughful
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Pernicious
Very destructive
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Perpetuate
Make something last
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Perturb
Disturb
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Pious
Devout, religious
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Pitfall
Hidden danger
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Pithy
Concise, meaningful
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Placate
Pacify, conciliate
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Polemical
Controversial
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Ponderous
Weighty
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Potent
Powerful, persuasive, influential
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Precarious
Uncertain, risky
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Preclude
Make impossible
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Precocious
Advanced in development
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Predilection
Preference
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Proclivity
Inclination
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Prodigal
Wasteful
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Profane
Violate
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Profound
Deep, not superficial
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Profusion
Over abundance, excess
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Protract
Prolong
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Tentative
Provisional
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Qualified
Limited, restricted
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Quandary
Dilemma
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Querulous
Fretful, whining
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Recalcitrant
Obstinately stubborn
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Recant
Disclaim, retract a previous statement
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Rectify
Correct, set right
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Relegate
Delegate, assign
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Replete
Filled to the brim
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Reprehensible
Deserving blame
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Repress
Restrain
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Reprove
Censure, rebuke
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