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Ensconce

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To place securely; to conceal

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Entreaty

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A plea; an earnest request

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous; usually meant to deceive

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Extant

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Still in existence

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Factitious

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Artificial

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Felicitous

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Happy or delightful

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Felling

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Cutting down a tree; Killing

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Forbearance

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Patience; Lenience

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Forestalled

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Prevented or delayed beforehand

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Fret

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To worry or be annoyed

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Galling

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Very irritating

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Germane

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Important to the issue at hand; pertaining

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Gilded

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Covered with gold or having a golden color

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Grate

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To cause irritation

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Gratis

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Free

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Gravity

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Seriousness, importance

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Heed

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To give attention

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Hie

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To go quickly; to hasten

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Homage

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A reverential regard; respect shown by external action

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Impalpable

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Vague; not easily understood

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Importunity

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An insistent and pressing demand

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Incorporeal

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Having no material or tangible form

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness; inventiveness; resourcefulness

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Inter

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To deposit a dead body into a grave

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Invidious

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Causing ill will; offensive

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Jaded

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Weary from overuse; surfeited