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Emissary

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The agent of another

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Epoch

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A particular period of history

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Estuary

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The mouth of a large river

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Factitious

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Artificial; contrived

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Farcical

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Broadly or extravagantly humorous

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Fecund

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; prolific

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Hankering

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Strong persistent desire

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Harlequin

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A clown

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Hovel

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Any dirty, disorganized dwelling

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Imbecile

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A person of mentally deficient intelligence

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Inextricable

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Incapable of being understood

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Inscrutable

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Not easily understood; mysterious

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Insipid

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Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

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Insidious

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Awaiting a chance to entrap

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Insolence

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The trait of being rude or impertinent

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Interloper

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To thrust oneself into the affairs of others

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Interminable

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Incapable of being terminated; unending

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Intrepidity

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Resolutely fearless; dauntless

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Jocose

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Characterized by joking

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Languor

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Lack of energy or vitality