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1
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laity

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laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy

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lap

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take in food or drink with tongue; splash gently

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larder

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pantry

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lascivious

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lustful

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lassitude

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listlessness

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lectern

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reading desk or stand for a public speaker

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leonine

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like a lion

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levee

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embankment to prevent flooding

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libel

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defamatory written statement

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libertine

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dissolute or licentious person

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libidinous

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lustful

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licentious

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amoral; lewd

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lien

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legal claim or right on a property

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ligneous

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like wood

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liliputian

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extremely small

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limn

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draw; outline

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limpid

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crystal clear

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lineaments

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features especially of the face

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lionize

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treat a person as a celebrity

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litany

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prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words

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lithe

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flexible

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willowy

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flexible

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litotes

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understatement for emphasis

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livid

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angry

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loath

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reluctant; unwilling

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lope

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gallop slowly

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lout

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clumsy person

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lucre

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money; profit

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lugubrious

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mournful; sorrowful

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lull

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moment of calm

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lumen

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unit of light energy

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lurid

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wild; graphic; gruesome

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macerate

A

soften by soaking in liquid; waste away

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Machiavellian

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crafty; double-dealing

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maculated

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spotted; stained

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madrigal

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pastoral song

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maelstrom

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violent whirlpool; violent or turbulent situation

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magisterial

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authoritative; imperious

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magnanimity

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generosity

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magniloquent

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boastful; pompous

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maim

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mutilate

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malapropism

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comic misuse of a word

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malapropos

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inappropriate

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malefactor

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evildoer

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malingerer

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one who feigns illness to escape duty

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manacle

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restrain; handcuff

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manifest

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evident; visible

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manifesto

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public declaration of principles

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manifold

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many in number or kind

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mannered

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affected; not natural

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manumit

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emancipate

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marred

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damaged

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martinet

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strict disciplinarian

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matrix

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point of origin

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maudlin

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effusively sentimental

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maverick

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rebel; non comformist

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mawkish

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sentimental

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mealymouthed

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indirect in speech; hypocritical

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meek

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submissive; patient and long-suffering

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megalomania

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mania for doing grandiose things

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mellifluous

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sweetly or smoothly flowing

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mendacious

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lying; habitually

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alms

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money or goods given to the poor

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mercantile

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concerning trades or merchants

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mercurial

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capricious; quick and changing

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meretricious

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flashy; tawdry; attractive only on the surface

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mete

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measure; distribute; administer

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mettle

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courage

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miasma

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swamp gas

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militate

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work against

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minatory

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menacing

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mincing

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affectedly dainty

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mire

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entangle; stick in swampy ground

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misadventure

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mischace; ill luck

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misnomer

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wrong or improper name

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missive

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letter; written statement

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mitigate

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appease; moderate

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modicum

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limited quantity

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modulate

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tone down in intensity

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monastic

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solidly uniform

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moratorium

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legal delay of payment or action

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mores

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conventions; moral standards

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mote

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small speck

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motley

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multi-colored

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mottled

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blotched, in coloring

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mountebank

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charlatan

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muggy

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warm and damp (weather)

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mulct

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swindle

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munificent

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very generous in giving

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natty

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neatly or smartly dressed

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nettle

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irritate

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nexus

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connection

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nib

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beak

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nicety

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precision; accuracy

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niggle

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spend too much time on minor points

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nihilist

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total rejection of established laws and institutions.

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noisome

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foul smelling; very unpleasant

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nonplus

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put at a loss

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nostrum

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questionable medicine

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nubile

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marriageable

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nugatory

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worthless

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numismatist

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person who collects coins

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obdurate

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stubborn

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obloquy

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slander

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slavish

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of or like a slave; servile

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obsequy

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funeral ceremony

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obstreperous

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boisterous; noisy annd uncontrollable

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occlude

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shut; close

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odious

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arousing strong dislike

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odium

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detestation

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officious

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meddlesome

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onerous

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burdensome

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onus

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burden

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ordain

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decree or commandoustrip

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outstrip

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surpass

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overweening

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arrogant; presumptuous

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