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indubitably

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doubtlessly

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corroboration

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confirmation

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indefatigbility

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inability of be tired

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procrastintate

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put off

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prespicacious

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a feeling that something is going to happen

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immutable

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unchangeable

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imperviousness

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quality of not allowing a passage through

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perspicacious

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having keen mental vision

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dissemination

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scattering or spreading abroad like seeds

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incommensurability

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inability to be measured; vastness

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plenary

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fully attended

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plenipotentiary

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having full powers

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plethora

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overabundance

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plenitude

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fullness

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pleonasm

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superfluous use of words

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plenum

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full meeting

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deplete

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empty

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expletive

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expression used as a filler

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replenish

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fill again

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replete

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filled with

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gene

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unit or factor of heredity

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eugenics

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science of improving offspring

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congenital

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existing from birth

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genealogy

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study of the family tree

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primogeniture

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inheritance by the first born

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psychogenic

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born in or caused by the mind

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synchronize

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make agree in time

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chronology

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science of measuring time

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anachronism

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event placed out of its proper time

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chronometer

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timepiece

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chronic

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lasting a long time

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chronicle

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story of events in order of time

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abet

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encourage

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arid

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barren

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aura

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atmosphere

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bane

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ruin

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bogy

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bugbear

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byre

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barn

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coda

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concluding passage

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dais

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raised platform

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dire

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dreadful

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diva

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prima

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eke

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supplement

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flux

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change

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gist

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essence

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iota

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very small quantity

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kiln

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large oven

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lave

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wash

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mien

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bearing

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moot

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dabatable

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mote

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speck of dust

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nub

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crux

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Olio

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medley

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Onus

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burden

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opt

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make a choice

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pall

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gloomy

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peon

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mexican laborer

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rife

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prevalent

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silt

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sediment

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taut

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tense

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tyro

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beginner

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weir

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dam

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alms

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eleemosynary

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bedlam

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bethlehem

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blame

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blaspheme

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coy

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quiet

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flail

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flagellate

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kiln

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culinary

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limn

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illuminate

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maim

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mayhem

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manure

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maneuver

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palsy

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paralysis

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proxy

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procuracy

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sexton

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sacristan

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ambiguous

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doubtful

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amenable

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responsive

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amity

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friendship

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augury

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foretelling

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austerity

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severity

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castigation

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punishment

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condone

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pardon

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contention

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competitive struggle

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decry

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denounce

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defalcation

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embezzlement

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demur

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object to

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denizen

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inhabitant

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dissentient

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not agreeing

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dissipate

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squander

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distaff

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female

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eschew

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avoid

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ethnic

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racial

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fresco

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painting on fresh plaster

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harbinger

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forerunner

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hirsute

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hairy

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holograph

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handwritten document

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illicit

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not legal

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imbroglio

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quarrel

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impromptu

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offhand

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improvise

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arrange suddenly

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impugn

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attack

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interim

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meantime

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inundate

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flood

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lethargy

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sluggishness

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mitigate

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soften

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mores

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customs

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mulct

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take away by trickery

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nebulous

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cloudy

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obsolescence

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going out of use

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opulent

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wealthy

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panacea

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cure-all

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penurious

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stingy

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peremptorily

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decisively

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prelate

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church official

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presage

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predict

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proxy

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substitute

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pugnent

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biting

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quixotic

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visionary

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renegade

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deserter

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rescind

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cancel

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restive

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resisting

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seminar

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graduate course of study

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shale

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type of rock

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truckle

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yield subserviently

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