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Nepotism

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Showing favoritism to relatives

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Loiter

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To stand about without purpose; to delay

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Compress

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A pad of folded cloth for applying pressure, heat, etc.

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Tenacious

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Extremely persistent; stubborn; relentless; holding firmly;cohesive

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Accede

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To agree to something

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Epitome

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A representative example of a type

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Amiable

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Friendly and agreeable; sociable

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Relish

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To enjoy

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Desolate

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Left alone; lonely; deserted

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Happy

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Fortunate; being especially well adapted

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Arid

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Dry and barren; not interesting

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Faze

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To disturb; disconcert

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Repent

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To feel remorse for a past action

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Hyproduct

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A side effect; something produced in the making of something else

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Refractory

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Stubbornly resistant to control, authority, or treatment

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Elegy

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A poem that mourns a death; a composition that resembles such a poem in mood

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Hallmark

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Any mark or symbol or genuineness or high quality

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Rebuff

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To refuse someone; to reject an offer

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Perfidious

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Marked by extreme treachery

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Impeach

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To formally charge (an official) with wrongdoing; to discredit

21
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Desultory

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Lacking a plan or purpose; unmethodical

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Torso

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The trunk of the human body

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Cordial

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Warm and friendly; polite and respectful

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Intrinsic

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Relating to the essential nature of a something

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Unkempt

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Sloppy; messy; unclean