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Peruse

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To read or examine

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Pithy

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Concise or meaningful

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Plausible

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Seemingly acceptable, believable, possible

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Ponderous

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Very heavy, unwieldy from weight

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Potent

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Powerful; having a strong effect

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Prate

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To talk idly or foolishly at a great rate

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Precursor

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Something that comes before; a forerunner

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Profane

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Showing contempt towards sacred things

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Promontory

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Land or rock projecting into water

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Quaint

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Unusual in character or experience

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Qualm

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Misgiving

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Ratify

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To give formal approval

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Relish

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To take great pleasure and delight in

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Remuneration

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Compensation

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Requite

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To make repayment or to return

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Retrograde

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Returning to an earlier or inferior condition

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Rhapsodize

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To express in an overly enthusiastic manner

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Rouse

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To awaken, to become active

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Sanctify

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To set apart for sacred use; to make holy; to purify

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Scant

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Barely sufficient

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Scintillate

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Sparkle

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Sedulous

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Industrious

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Sovereign

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Possessed of controlling power

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Spurn

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To reject or to refuse with hostility

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Suspire

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To breath; to sigh

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Tantamount

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Equivalent

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Tempestuous

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Turbulent; stormy

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Tenable

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Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible

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Tryst

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A meeting, usually secret in nature

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Volition

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Act of determination

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Wanton

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Immoral, lewd

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Zealot

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Fanatic