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Dreary

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Causing sadness

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Spurious

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Not genuine, authentic, or true

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Obscure

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Vague, uncertain

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Florid

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Reddish, rosy

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Perforate

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To make a hole

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Stolidly

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Acting in an unemotional manner

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Inconsistent

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Lacking in harmony between different things

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Penitentiary

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A place to imprison serious offenders of the law

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Ruthless

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Cruel

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Philippic

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A bitter discourse

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Apoplectic

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Overly angered or excited

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Viscous

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Thick

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Ubiquitous

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Being present everywhere

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Rectitude

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Moral integrity

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Palliation

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A moderation of the intensity of something.

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Skulk

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To move in a secretive, suspicious manner

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Beholden

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Being under obligation to something/soneone

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Austere

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Morally strict; stern and cold

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Novel

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New or unoriginal

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Dictum

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A ruling or an order