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Amend

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To change in a formal way, for the better

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Abhor

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To regard with horror or loathing, to hate deeply

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Buffet

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To strike repeatedly

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Chaos

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Great confusion, disorder

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Commodious

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Roomy, spacious

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Corrosive

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Bitterly sarcastic, eating away at

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Discern

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To regard closely, recognize

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Extant

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Still existing

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Implicate

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To involve in, to connect or be related to

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Inter

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To bury, to commit to the earth, to consign to oblivion

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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian

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Obviate

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To anticipate and prevent, to remove or dispose of

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Renegade

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One who leaves a group, outlaw, traitorous

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Reprehensible

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Deserving of blame

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Somber

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Dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy

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Squalid

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Filthy, wretched

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Turbulent

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Disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

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Vociferous

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Loud and noisy, compelling attention

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Voluminous

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Of great size, numerous, writing or speaking at great length

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Waive

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To give up voluntarily, to defer