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Chary

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Cautious

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Champion

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Support militantly

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Chassis

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Framework and working parts of an automobile

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Chaste

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Pure

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Chauvinist

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Blindly devoted patriot

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Check

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Stop motion, restrain

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Checkered

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Marked by changes in fortune

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Chisel

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Wedge like tool for cutting

Cheat

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered

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Cipher

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Code

Worthless person or thing

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Circuitous

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Roundabout

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Circumlocution

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Indirect or roundabout expression

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Circumscribe

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Limit, confine

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Circumspect

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Prudent, cautious

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Circumvent

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Outwit, baffle

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Cistern

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Reservoir, water tank

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Clapper

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Striker of a bell

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Cleave

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Split, sever, remain faithful to

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Cleft

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Split

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Clemency

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Disposition to be lenient

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Clime

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Region, climate

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Cloister

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Convent

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Clout

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Great influence

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Coalesce

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Combine

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Codicil

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Supplement to a will

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Codify

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Classify

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Cogitate

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Think over

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Cognate

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Similar

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Cognizance

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Knowledge

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Colander

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Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

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Collate

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Examine in order to verify authenticity

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Comely

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Attractive, agreeable

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Comeuppance

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Rebuke

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Commandeer

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Draft for military purposes

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Commensurate

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Equal in extent

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Commiserate

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Feel or express pity for

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Communal

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Held in common

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Comparable

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Similar

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Complacency

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Self-satisfaction

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Complaisant

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Trying to please

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Complicity

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Participation, involvement

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Compunction

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Remorse

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Concave

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Hollow

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Concentric

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Having a common center

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Concerted

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Mutually agreed on

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Concession

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Act of yielding

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Conciliatory

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Reconciling

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Concomitant

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Thing that accompanies

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Conducive

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Tending to, contributive

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Conduit

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Passageway for fluids

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Confluence

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Flowing together

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Congenial

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Pleasant, friendly

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Congenital

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Existing at birth

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Connivance

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Assistance

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Consequential

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Pompous, self-important

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Connotation

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Implied meaning of an expression

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Consign

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Deliver officially

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Consolidation

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Unification

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Consonance

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Harmony, agreement

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Consort

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Associate with

Husband or wife

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Constituent

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Supporter

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Construe

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Explain, interpret

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Contend

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Struggle

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Contention

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Claim, thesis

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Contiguous

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Touching upon

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Continence

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Self-restraint

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Contingent

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Dependent on

Group that makes up part of a gathering

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Contravene

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Oppose

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Contrite

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Penitent

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Controvert

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Oppose with arguments

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Contusion

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Bruise

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Conundrum

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Riddle

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Convene

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Assemble

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Conventional

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Ordinary, typical

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Conversant

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Familiar with

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Converse

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Opposite

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Conveyance

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Vehicle, transfer

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Convoke

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Call together

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Cordon

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Extended line of men to prevent access

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Corporeal

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Bodily

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Corrugated

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Wrinkled, ridged

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Coterie

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Group that meets socially

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Countenance

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Approve, tolerate

Face

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Countermand

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Cancel, revoke

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Covenant

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Agreement

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Courier

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Messenger

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Coup

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Highly successful action or sudden attack

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Cow

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Terrorize

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Crotchety

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Eccentric

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Credence

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Belief

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Crabbed

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Sour, peevish

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Cozen

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Cheat

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Dais

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Raised platform for guests of honor

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Cynosure

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Object of attention

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Culvert

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Artificial channel for water

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Cull

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Pick out

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Culminate

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Attain the highest point

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Cuisine

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Style of cooking

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Dank

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Damp

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Dapper

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Neat and trim

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Dappled

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Spotted

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Daub

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Smear paint

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Deadlock

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Standstill

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Debase

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Reduce in quality or value

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Debauch

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Corrupt

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Debilitate

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Weaken

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Debonair

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Friendly

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Debutante

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Young women making formal entrance into society

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Decadence

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Decay

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