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Affluent

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Wealthy

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Chagrin

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disappointment

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Confidant

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Person you tell your secrets to

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Consternation

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Dread, dismay

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Deride

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To make fun of

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Discern

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Recognize

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Disparage

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To discredit

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Dubious

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Uncertain

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Eschew

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Keep away from

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Feasible

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Practicable

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Fiasco

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Complete failure

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12
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Laudable

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Commendable

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Masticate

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to chew

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Obsolescence

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process of wearing out

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Perfunctory

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Careless

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Perverse

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Contrary

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Precocious

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reaching maturity early

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quell

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crush, stop

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sally

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sudden rushing forth

20
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Voluble

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Talkative