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Megalomania

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Abnormal desire for wealth

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Strife

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Disagreement

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Legion

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Large number

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Coup

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Revolution

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Amnesty

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A decree

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Expatriate

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Exile

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Exonerate

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Free from guilt

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Fiat

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Lying

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Mendacious

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A general pardon

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Parsimonious

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Mean

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Pecuniary

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Financial

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Dismantle

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Take apart

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Sumptuous

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Lavish

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Underwrite

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Agree to finance

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Restrictive

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Confining

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Balk

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Refuse to move

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Blunt

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Plain spoken

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Nostalgia

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Yearning for the past

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Rife

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Widespread

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Reviled

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Scolded

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Derogatory

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Belittling

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Indict

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Accuse

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Nebulous

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Unclear

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Pesky

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Annoying

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Redolent

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Fragrant

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Repost

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State of rest

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Omnivorous

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Eating any kind of food

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Disparate

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Different

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Abstemious

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Moderate in eating or drinking

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Extant

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Still existing

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Vicissitudes

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Difficulties

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Edifice

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Building

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Sultry

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Extremely hot and moist

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Trenchant

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Keen

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Unabated

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Without subsiding

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Maudlin

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Sentimental

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Levity

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Lightness of disposition

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Lugubrious

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Very sad

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Scion

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Descendant

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Indoctrinate

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To teach certain principles

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Opulence

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Wealth, riches

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Obsequious

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Seeking favour

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Fulsome

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Excessive

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Lush

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Luxurious

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Destitution

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Extreme poverty

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Ponder

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To consider carefully

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Supplication

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Earnest prayer

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Decadence

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Decay

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