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1
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aspersion

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criticism

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calumny

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criticism

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castigate

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to criticize

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decry

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to criticize

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deride

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to criticize

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diatribe

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to criticize

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excoriate

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to criticize

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gainsay

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to criticize

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harangue

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to criticize

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impugn

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to criticize

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inveigh

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to criticize

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lambaste

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criticism

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objurgate

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to criticize

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obloquy

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criticism

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opprobrium

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criticism

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pillory

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criticism

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remonstrate

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to criticize

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reprove

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to criticize

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revile

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to criticize

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tirade

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to criticize

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viruperate

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to criticize

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abnegate

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withdrawal from indulgences

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abstain

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refrain from

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ascetic

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refrain from

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spartan

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refrain from

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stoic

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refrain from

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temperate

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refrain from

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facsimile

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identical copy

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facticious

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fake copy

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vicarious

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copying (SLC) through imitation

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volatile

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changing quickly, becoming worse

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defunct

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broken

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dolorous

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mourning

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elegy

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death

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knell

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death (bell)

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macrebre

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death

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moribund

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death

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obsequies

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death rites

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sepulchral

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death (tomb)

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wraith

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death (ghost)

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abridge

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short

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compendium

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short

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cursory

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short

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curtail

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short

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terse

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short

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apace

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quickly

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headlong

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quickly

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impetuous

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quickly

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precipitate

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quickly

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abet

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to assist

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ancillary

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to help

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bolster

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to help

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corroborate

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to aid

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countenance

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to aid

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espouse

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to help

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mainstay

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to help

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munificent

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to help

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stalwart

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to assist

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sustenance

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to provide help

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bilious

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bad mood

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dudgeon

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bad mood

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irascible

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bad mood

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pettish

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bad mood

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petulant

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bad mood

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pique

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bad mood

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waspish

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bad mood

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umbrage

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bad mood

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dilettante

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beginner

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fledgling

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starting something new

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neophyte

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beginner

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novitiate

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newbie

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proselyte

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beginner

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tyro

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beginner

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engender

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give rise to

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inchoate

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starting (the inchoate government)

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callow

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give rise to

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incipient

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give rise to

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nascent

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beginner

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acerbic

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bitter

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acidulous

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bitter

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acrimonious

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bitter

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asperity

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to be bitter

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cuastic

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bitter

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mordacious

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bitter

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mordant

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bitter

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trenchant

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bitter

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banal

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boring

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backneyed

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boring

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insipid

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boring

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pedestrian

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boring

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platitude

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boring

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prosaic

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boring

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quotidian

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boring

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trite

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boring

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bacchanalian

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overindulgent

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debauchery

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overindulgent

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dissipated

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overindulgent

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iniquity

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overindulgent

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libertine

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overindulgent

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libidinous

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overindulgent

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licentious

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overindulgent

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reprobate

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overindulgent

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ribald

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overindulgent

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salcious

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overindulgent

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sordid

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overindulgent

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turpitude

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overindulgent

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capricious

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changing quickly

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mercurial

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changing quickly

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