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resist

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withstand, confront

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account for

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explain, justify / make up

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fashionable

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popular, up-to-date, trendy

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enormous

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immense, vast, huge, tremendous, gigantic

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inflate

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bloat, expand, swell

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interrupt

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hinder, stunt, punctuate, intermit

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hang

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dangle, suspend

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adopt

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take up, choose, follow

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attend

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wait on, serve

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operate

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run, function, work

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wonder

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awe, astonishment, marvel

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severe

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harsh, extreme / difficult

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demolish

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destroy, wreck

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saved

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redeemed, rescued

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band

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group, party, troop, squad

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circumstance

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condition, situation

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adore

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worship, esteem, revere

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nevertheless

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still, yet, nonetheless

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vacuum

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vacancy, emptiness, void

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marvelous

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wonderful, astonishing, amazing, miraculous

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besides

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in addition, as well, moreover

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stagger

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falter, waver / confuse, overwhelm

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valid

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just, sound, cogent, logical

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crawl

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creep, wriggle, inch

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outlive

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survive, outlast

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formulate

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state, express

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thriller

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suspenseful book, movie, play

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risky

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dangerous, hazardous, perilous

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manipulation

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deliberate alteration

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immobility

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absence of motion

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utterly

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completely

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endure

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survive, suffer, tolerate, persevere

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spontaneous

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voluntary, uncompelled, willing

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practicable

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feasible, possible, workable

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toil

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work hard, labor, strive

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withhold

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reserve / hold back, restrain

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adjourn

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suspend, postpone, delay, defer

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touch off

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start, arouse, provoke

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artificial

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synthetic