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Licentious

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Morally unrestrained

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Numismatist

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A coin collecter

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Paucity

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A scarcity or a lack

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Fatalistic

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Believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate

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Obtrude

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To force oneself into a situation

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Pensive

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Dreamily thoughtful

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Lackadaisical

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Uninterested or listless

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Alienate

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To turn away feelings or affections

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Elated

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In high spirits or exultantly proud and joyful

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Epigram

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A witty saying expressed a single thought or observation

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Amalgamate

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To combine

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Demented

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Mentally ill or insane

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Hone

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To sharpen

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Beleaguer

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To besiege by encircling to harass

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Gorge

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To eat or swallow greedily

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Antiquanted

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No longer used to useful or very old

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Opiate

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A narcotic used to cause sleep or being relief from pain

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Caricature

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An exaggerated portrayal of ones figures

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Dally

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To waste time or to dawdle

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Felonious

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Pertaining to or constituting a major crime

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Edifice

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A large, elaborate structure; am imposing building

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Ambidextrous

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Equally skillful with either hand

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Belated

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Delayed

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Animate

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To give life or motion

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Knead

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To work dough or clay into a uniform mixture

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Chauvinist

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One having a fanatical devotion to a country, gender, or religion, and displaying contempt for other countries, the opposite sex, or other beliefs

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Egalitarian

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Promoting equal rights for all people

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Berserk

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In a state of violent or destructive rage

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Ostentatious

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Marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious

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Delude

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To mislead or to fool

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Elude

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To escape notice or to get away from

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Fallow

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Inactive or unproductive

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Blight

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Anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causing devaluation

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Obsequy

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A funeral rite or ceremony

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Denizen

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An occupant or an inhabitant

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Fealty

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Obligated

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Entice

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To attract by offering reward or pleasure

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Gratify

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To please

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Laggard

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A slow person

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Gambit

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A maneuver or action used to gain an advantage

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Jaded

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Worn out

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Gist

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The main point

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Advocate

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To recommend

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Efface

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To obliterate

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Chrisma

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Personal appeal or attraction

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Ogre

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A brute or a large monster

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Mesmerize

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To hypnotize

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Entity

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Anything having existence

49
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Bandy

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To exchange words

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Dastardly

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Cowardly and treacherous

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Nepotism

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Favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power

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Begrudge

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To resent another’s success

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Mandarin

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An influential person

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Glutinous

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Gluey

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Enmity

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Deep-seated hostility

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Declaim

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To speak in a dramatic

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Imbue

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To inspire or influence

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Gaff

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A pole with a large hook on one end

59
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Quaff

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To drink in large quantities

60
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Bibliophile

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A lover of books

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Gird

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To prepare for an event or an action

62
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Daunt

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To make afraid or to discourage

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Flux

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A state of continual change or movement

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Hovel

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A wretched living place or an open shed

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Cadaverous

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Of or like a corpse, pale, gaunt, or even thin

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Gothic

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Of the Middle Ages or of relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Egress

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An exit or a means of going out

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Felicity

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Happiness or bliss

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Despot

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A dictator with absolute power

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Beget

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To produce

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Educe

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To draw

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Glean

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To collect

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Chafe

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To wear

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Effrontery

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Shameless

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Imbibe

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To drink

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Feign

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To pretend

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Desist

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To stop

79
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Allude

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To hint at

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Elite

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Best of a group

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Bilk

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To cheat

82
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Homily

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A sermon

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Demise

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Death

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Emit

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To send out

85
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Decadence

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Moral deterioration

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Aghast

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Horror

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Granary

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A storehouse for grain

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Choleric

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Easily andered

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Impede

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To obstruct

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Qualm

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A feeling of uneasiness

91
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Lampoon

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Attack someone

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Narcissistic

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Conceited

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Eradicate

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To wipe out

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Fabricate

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Concoct

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Ghastly

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Horrible

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Fallible

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Capable of error

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Blatant

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Obvious

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Dawdle

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To waste time

99
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Affiliate

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Partner

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Fawn

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To act slavishly submissive

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Calummy

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A false and malicious accusation

102
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Berate

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To scold or rebuke severely

103
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Minion

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Fawning

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Desolate

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Lonely

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Bane

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Death

106
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Pacify

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Calm down

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Garble

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Mix up

108
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Prevaricate

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Lie

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Filch

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Steal

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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