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abase

sentence: i tried to abase my brother by pointing at his grades and comparing them with my own in a family function.

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humiliate,degrade.

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abash

i felt abashed in my freshers intro session,when i revealed i was younger to amitha.

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embarass

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abbreviate

romi abbreviated peri ponna in yeh hain mohabatein. as pp.

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shorten

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abate

when i was travelling back from alwal to home after meeting rohit . i got drenched very badly as i did not wait till the heavy rain fall abate.

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subside or moderate

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addicate

ramya stopped convincing shanthan to come home n speak to her parents for the wedding as she got tired and she addicated and put an end to the fight.

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renounce,give up

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abberation

when mr modi rised to power .ppl had confidence about abberations in dollar value…to fall really low.

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deviation from the norm,abnormal,disorder, irregularity.

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abet

mona had asked me to sneek in and retrive nimish’s address from rams phone for which i was unwilling to abet her……..she was shocked as i am alawaus with he…and she was hyper with this abberated behaviour of mine.

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assist in wrong deeds.

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abeyance law category

matters of case were held in abeyance …..till ram was proved innocent by priya….for which they had to pay ransom money bade ache lagthe hain…

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holding on,suspension,temporary disuse

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abhor

i abhored him when he spoke ill of me regarding money n petty issues behind my back …you know who!!!!!!

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regard with hatred n disgust

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abdominable

when siddu eats jam with curd rice..its so abdominable

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very unpleasent ,very bad,

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abortive ,abort

i was abortive in convincing my father regarding public relations course in syracuse university

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unsuccessful

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abrasive

ramya is very abrasive regarding others personal problems she never encourages to share..

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showing little concern,harsh

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abridge

because its too much portion to cover we read ppts for exams to abridge the time to cover each chapter

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shorten,condense

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abrogate = abolish

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abolish

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abscond

when the theif was found to be the servant,,she absconded

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hide secretly

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absolve

when blair confessed in gossip girl…the father absolved her of her sins…

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pardon

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abstain

after knowing my allergy due to carpet grass i abstain myself from walking or sitting in grass

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refrain,with-hold from participation

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abstemious

root word: abs -away
temtem: intoxicating drink

i used to have an abstemious diet in hostel……which gave rise to my shoulder pain

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sparing in eating or drinking

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abstinence

root word: abs :away ,from
tineo: hold

i implemented total abstinence on alcohol drinking
to ro.

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restrain from eating or drinking

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abstruse,obscure,profound

abs: away
thrust: push with force
obs: hidden

my dsp lectures used to be abstruse…yet i managed to perform well

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difficult to understand

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abysmal,bottomless

we were ashamed of our abysmal behaviour with ravina….

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very bad,bottomless

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accede

imran khan acceded to sanjay dutts demands in the movie luck and suffered a lot

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agree

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acclaim

world acclaim miley cyrus

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applaud,announce with great approval

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accomplices

com :company

in mathilda movie…the principle asks the little mathilda of her accomplices in stealing her chocolates.

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partner in crime

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acerbic,acerbity
acri
acer:harsh ,bitter ,sour

our acerbity in ravina message ruined stuff

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bitterness,sour

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acme

the acme of mount everest had photos of all the mountaneeirs

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pinnacle,highest point

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acquiesce
assent

though mom acquiesce to my dads suggestuin of getting grandmom n granddad to goa..i knew she had a prob with the fact,

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agree passively

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aculty
acu:sharp

due time the aculty knife became blunt…..

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sharpness

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anathema

chemistry is anathema to me

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a person or a thing which is cursed
root words: ana-against
the- god
ma suffix...... against god..
..its cursed.....loathed
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ancillary

in an ancillary capacity mr arun was helpful for my project .

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serving as an aid…support

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anecdote

alex sir shared anecdotes about hostels….when he was an sra….

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an-towards
ec-out
short interesting stories

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anguish

an anguish ran over my face when my ear was operated,,,

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an-to

pain or suffering

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animated

film was full of animations which amuzed kids

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anima-breath

lively..full of life..

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animosity

i incurred animosity from ravina because i advocated monica in highlighting her flaws .

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active,enimity

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animus

the long message resulted in animus behaviour from everyone towards monica

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hostility,unfrindliness,

ami *anim

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annex

pakisthan is trying to annex kashmir.

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attach,take possesion of.

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annihilate…..

sid annihilated his phone when he got scared and got angry.

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ani-negative

destroy

38
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annotate

facebook is fllled with annotations for each picture…

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comments

explanatory notes

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annul

nulla

yuou-know-who tried to annul mine and nimis friendship

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to make void.

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anamolous,anomaly

due to anamalous wheather……reports were unpredictable,..

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abnormal,irregular

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anonymity

during charity many philanthropists maintain anonymity…..
as they do not like publicizing themselves

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state of being nameless.

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antagonism

i maintained antagonism with vasavi throughout the manikanta phase.

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hostility

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antecede

the invention of electricity was anteceded the invention of tubelights..

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precede

44
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antidote

the andidote for frver is crocin in many houses lol

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remedy

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antipathy

rohit’s antipathy towards anger keeps him away from being regarded as short tempered.

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abhor,detest,despise,hostility,aversion

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antiquated

i had an antiquated room….

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outdated

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accustomed

typical….

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typical

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antithesis

the congress (tyranny) was antithesis of all whar public hoped for…

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opposite of…

49
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apathy

my apathy for dora

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lack of caring

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aplomb

varsha’s aplomb of handling things in a calm peacefull way…makes her trustworthy,friendly and adorable.

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poise,assurance

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apocalyptic

the visions of the ecologists were apocalyptic

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describing destructions of world

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apostate

because he switched from one party to another his party members shunned (avoid) him as an apostate

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an atheist,

apostle opposite of apostate

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appall

i was appalled to see a murder happening in my colony.

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dismay or shock

distressed as something unexpected happened.

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apparition-ghost

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materialistic……

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append

he appended pictures in his mail

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attach

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diligent

nimisha was diligent in her work

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hard working

57
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apposite
my word appropriate
appo
site

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fitting

58
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appraisal

often appraisal of old paintings is difficult hence they term them as priceless

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estimate value of something

assess something

59
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apprise

monica was apprised well in before that rohit is not gonna miss my bday

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informed.

60
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approbation

aishu did not image approbation from her mom for the boy she loved and hence she eloped

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agreement

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apropos-to the point,regarding to

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j

62
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arable

ara-plow
are in greek-arid

arable lands give good vegetables

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fit to grow.

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arbiter
arbitrate-to act as one

the president is the final arbiter of any decision

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a judge

64
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arbitrary

the coach feels the team lost because the umpire made arbitrary calls

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fickle,capricious,depotism,tyrannical

65
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arcane

mona kept that song arcane til now

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secret

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archetype

before the board exams in tenth the blue prints were acting as archetypes

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prototype,typical

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ardor

aksharas endless ardor in making naksh play foot ball gave amazing results

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zeal

68
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ardous-difficult

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i

69
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aristocracy

nizams enjoyed der aristocracy

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hereditary nobility

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arraign

suhani was arraigned for her crime

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indict,accuse of crime.

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articulate

her articulate way of finding out who is the theif,impressed the police commissionor

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effective

72
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artifice

my word artificial

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deceptive

73
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artless

monika is an artless person

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honest, guile less

74
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ascendancy

modi’s rise to ascendancy …due to his diligent nature

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controlling influency,rise to power

75
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ascertain

can you please find out her ascertain address

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find out certain

76
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ascetic

old people believe in leading ascetic life…

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austere,non adorned

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asperity

he spoke with asperity which made me feel bad

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shape (negatively)

78
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ascribe

i ascribe my dads moods to be fickle

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assign

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aspersion

sonia gandhi casted aspersions on modis selfie pics

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censure,throw negative comments,an attack on someones integrity,defamatio n

80
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assessment-appraisal,assay

assail-assault

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i

81
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assiduous

nimisha was assiduous in her work

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diligent

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assimilate

i tried to assimilate my medicines schedule when the doc tol me

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absorb

83
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astute

lizards are astute observers

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shrewd,keen

84
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atone

me and sid knew we cant atone the phone

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amend

85
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atrophy

we need good disaster management to avoid atrophy of infrastructure

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wasting of

86
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attenuate

monika had an attenuated figure

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thining

87
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attrition

my college sufferered attritions as college was defamed in the news papers

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decrease in number

88
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augment-increase

august-impressieve

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j

89
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authoritarian

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k

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