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collate

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examine and compare to verify authenticity

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collateral

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security given for loan; secondary, descended from the same person

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collation

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light meal; collating

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collusion

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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

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comely

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attractive; agreeable

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comestible

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edible

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comeuppance

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well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke

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comity

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courtesy, civility

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commandeer

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take for military use without needing permission or giving payment

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draught

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current of air; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid

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commensurate

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equal in extent

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commiserate

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feel or express pity or sympathy for

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commodious

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spacious; comfortable

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commune

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small community whose members share work and income; exchange thoughts or feelings

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compact

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agreement; contract

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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compensatory

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making up for; repaying

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complacency

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self-satisfaction; smugness

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complaisant

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trying to please; obliging

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complicity

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participation

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compunction

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remorse; uneasiness caused by guilt

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concatenate

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link as in a chain

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concede

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admit; acknowledge as being true

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conceit

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vanity or self-love; extravagant metaphor

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concentric

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having a common center

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concerted

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mutually agreed on

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conciliatory

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reconciling; coothing

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conclave

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private secret meeting

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concomitant

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that which accompanies

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concord

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harmony; accord

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concordat

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formal agreement

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concurrent

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happening at the same time; in agreement

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condign

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adequate; severe and well deserved (punishment)

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condole

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express condolences

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conducive

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helpful; contributive

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conduit

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aqueduct; passageway for fluids

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confluence

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flowing together; gathering together

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congeal

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freeze; coagulate

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congruence

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corresponding of parts

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connivance

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pretense of ignorance

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connubial

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pertaining to marriage

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consanguinity

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kinship; relationship by birth

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conscript

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draftee; person forced into military service

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consign

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sent to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; set apart

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consolidation

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unification

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consonance

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harmony; agreement

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consort

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associate with; keep company; husband or wife of a ruler

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consternation

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great shock; dismay

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constituent

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supporter; voter

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constraint

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restraint; repression of feelings

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construe

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explain; interpret

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contend

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struggle; compete

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contention

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assertion

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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continence

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self-restraint; sexual chastity, control over bladder and bowel functions

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contingent

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dependent on something uncertain or in the future; accidental

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contravene

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contradict; oppose

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contrite

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penitent; repentant

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contrived

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unnatural and forced; not spontaneous

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contumacious

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stubborn and disobedient

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contusion

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bruise

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convene

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come together

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conversant

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familiar with; having knowledge of

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converse, adj

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opposite

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conveyance

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vehicle; transfer; act of conveying

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convivial

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plesantly merry; festive; joyous

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convoke

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call together

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convoluted

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coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated

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convulsion

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violent uncontrollable shaking movement

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coquette

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flirtatious

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cordon

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extended line of men or fortifications

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cornice

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projecting molding on building

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corollary

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natural consequence

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corpulent

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very fat

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corroborate

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confirm; support; strengthen

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corrugated

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wrinkled; ridged

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coterie

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group that meets socially

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countenance

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approve; support; face; appearance

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countermand

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cancel; revoke

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coup

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highly successful action or sudden attack

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covenant

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binding agreement between two groups of people; promise

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covert

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secret; hidden; implied

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cow

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terrorize; intimidate

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cower

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shrink quivering as from fear

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coy

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shy, pretend lack of confidence; coquettish

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cozen

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cheat; hoodwink; swindle

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peevish

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bad-tempered; irritable

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crass

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very unrefined; grossly insensible

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craven

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cowardly

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credo

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creed

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creed

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system of religious or ethical belief

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crestfallen

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dejected; dispirited

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crevice

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crack; fissure

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crone

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hag; ugly woman

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crotchety

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eccentric; odd

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cruz

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essential or main point

adj: crucial

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cull

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pick out from others; reject; collect ingo

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culvert

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artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

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cumbersome

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heavy and awkward to carry or wear

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cupidity

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greed

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cursory

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casual; done with little attention to detail

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curtail

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shorte; reduce

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cynosure

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object of general attentiont

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dais

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raised platform for speakers or other important people

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dally

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trifle with

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dank

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damp; unpleasantly wet

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dappled

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spotted

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dawdle

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loiter; hang aroung

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dearth

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scarcity

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débâcle

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sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

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debase

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degrade; reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem

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debauch

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corrupt morally

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debilitate

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weaken

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bout

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match; short period of great activity

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debonair

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friendly, charming and fashionably dressed

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debunk

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expose as false

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decadence

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decay; fall to a lower level

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