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Commensurate

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Proportionate , corresponding in size and degree

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Concord

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Agreement with harmony

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Ensue

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To follow

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Feeble

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Weak and without energy

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Espouse

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To support

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Expatriate

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Someone who doesn’t live in their own country

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Fallacy

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An idea that a lot of people believe to be true but is in fact false

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Confer

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To have a discussion, bestow an honour

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Conjure

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To call on , to cause the spirits to appear

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Conscientious

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Feeling a moral responsibility to do your work fairly

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Cripple

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To incapacitate, to injure someone, to become less effective

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Cursory

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Quick and not detailed , casual

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Gush

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To speak in exaggerated enthusiasm, to flow out in large quantity

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Husky

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Big and strong

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Impeach

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To claim someone as guilty

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Impediment

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An obstacle

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Hackneyed

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Boring , uninspiring

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Dainty

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Small and delicate

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Dash

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To go somewhere quickly, to rush

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Daunt

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To make someone feel frightened, to intimidate

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Desist

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To stop doing something, to refrain from

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Despotic

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Tyrannical

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Indemnify

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To reimburse

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Destitute

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Poor , penniless

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Irksome

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Annoying

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Jeopardise

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To put something such as a plan or a system in danger of being harmed and damaged

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Imposter

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A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive

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Dwindle

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To become smaller , to diminish

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Disconsolate

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Sad and extremely disappointed

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Infirm

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ill or weak

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Earnest

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Sincere , determined

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Eccentric

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Strange and unusual

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Embezzle

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To secretly take away money

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Encroach

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To intrude

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Endow

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To give a large amount of money , to possess a quality naturally

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Consign

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To dispatch , deliver

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Conspicuous

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Noticeable , attracting attention

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Coruscate

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To flash , gleam

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Crafty

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Cunning

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Countenance

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The appearance of expression on someone’s face

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Herculean

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Needing great strength and determination

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Ferocity

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Aggression

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Figurative

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Used not with the literal meaning of the word but with imaginative and metaphorical meaning

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Dawdle

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To do something slowly , to linger

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Deference

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Respect , politeness

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Defile

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To spoil something, to mar

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Flimsy

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Very thin , fragile

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Fortify

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To make something strong in order to protect it

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Defray

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To pay the cost of something

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Desecration

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The act of showing no respect to something holy

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Impertinent

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Rude , impolite

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Devout

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Pious , devoted

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Dilapidated

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Old and in poor condition

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Impel

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To urge

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Imprudence

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Rash , impulsive

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Inadvertent

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Not intentional

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Devoid

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Lacking something

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Diligence

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The quality of working carefully and sincerely

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Dogmatic

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Not open to others opinions

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Inclement

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Unpleasantly cold wind or rain

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Prodigal

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Extravagant, spendthrift

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Progeny

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An offspring

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Oblivion

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State of being unaware

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Orifice

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An opening or hole

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Onerous

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Difficult

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Melancholy

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Sorrow or dejection

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Nefarious

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Wicked or morally bad

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Nicety

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Accuracy

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Officious

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Domineering, over bearing

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Overbearing

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Dominating

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Palatable

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Pleasant to taste

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Palpable

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Visible , tangible

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Paltry

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Insignificant , petty

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Plague

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To cause pain or difficulty

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Luxuriant

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Lush and abundant

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Prefatory

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Introductory

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Profane

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Impious

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Lunacy

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Insanity , madness

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Lament

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To mourn , to weep

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Propel

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To set in motion

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Prolific

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Producing in great number , lush

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Prototype

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Preliminary version of something

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Provident

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Relating to savings for the future

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Quack

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A fraud

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Quash

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Forcefully stop something

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Quell

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To calm , to soothe

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Ragged

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Ripped or tattered

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Rancid

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Stale

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Reckless

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Careless

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Remission

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Relaxation

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Repulsive

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Unattractive

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Resolute

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Determined , purposeful

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Repugnant

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Unpleasant , offensive

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Restoration

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Act of returning something to its former condition

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Saucy

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Rude or showing no respect

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Semblance

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Similarity

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Slothful

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Very lazy , languid

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Smite

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to be attracted to someone, to hit someone suddenly and forcefully

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Taciturn

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Tending to not speaking much

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Limpid

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Clearly expressed and easily understood

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Memoir

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A book or writing based on the writers personal knowledge of famous people , places or events

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Misconstrued

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To form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says

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Parsing

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To examine or think about something carefully in order to understand it

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Qua

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In capacity of

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Contorts

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To twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

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Repudiation

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The act of refusing to accept something or someone as true , good or reasonable

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Sacralization

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Sanctification or sanctify
To set apart for special use or purpose

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Smothering

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To kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life

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Unconscionable

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Morally unacceptable

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Verisimilitude

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The quality of appearing realistic or true

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Vivifies

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Make more lively or interesting, enliven

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Snug

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Cosy and comfortable

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Solace

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Consolation in times of stress

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Staunch

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Faithful , committed

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Affray

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a fight in public

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Stout

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Robust , rather fat and happy

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Subsistence

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A state of having what u need in order to survive, but no more

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Surmise

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To guess or suppose

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Synonymous

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Similar, closely connected

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Tantamount

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Equivalent

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Solicitude

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Quality of caring about other people’s comfort and feelings

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Sordid

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Filthy , dirty

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Spurious

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False , specious

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Tenacity

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Determination, persistence

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Skinflint

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A miser

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Tortuous

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Full of twists and turns

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Turpitude

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Quality of being evil

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Tyrant

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A cruel and oppressive, ruler

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Veil

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To cover

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Yearn

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To wish strongly

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Steadfast

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Loyal , devoted

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Extant

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Surviving, remaining

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Tenebrous

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Dark and shadowy

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Indigenous

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Something naturally existing in a place

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Buoyant

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Happy and confident

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Wince

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To grimace in pain or discomfort

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Whimper

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To whine

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Zenith

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The highest point , peak

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Woebegone

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Sad and gloomy

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Peregrination

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A long journey

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Swerve

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To deviate

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Personable

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Pleasing in personality

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Felon

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Criminal

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Smoulder

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To burn slowly with smoke but no flame

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Zephyr

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A soft breeze

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Impending

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Imminent

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Coy

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Shy and modest

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Gorge

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To eat greedily

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Trudge

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To walk heavily

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Cozen

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Fraud , cheat

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Conundrum

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A puzzle , a dilemma

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Scalding

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Extremely hot

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Debacle

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A disaster

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Detrimental

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Causing harm or damage

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Myriad

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A very large number of something

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Naive

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Innocent , gullible

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Guileless

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Honest and innocent

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Bask

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To laze , to lie under the sun

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Discreet

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Low key , cautious

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Timid

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Fearful and shy

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Encomium

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A piece of writing / speech that is full with praise

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Prim

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Formal , neat

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Frugal

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Thrift , economical

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Mundane

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Very ordinary, uninteresting

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Guffaw

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To laugh loudly

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Vagrant

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A person who moves from place to place because he doesn’t have a home

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Dishevelled

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Very messy , not neat

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Foible

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A minor weakness , a small fault

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Lacklustre

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Without energy , boring , dull

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Drawl

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To speak slowly and in a lazy manner

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Inebriate

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Someone who drinks alcohol regularly

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Trepidation

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Anxiety, apprehension

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Gargantuan

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Enormous and giant

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Libertine

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A person who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles

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Adjudication

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To judge

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Epistle

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A letter

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Anomaly

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A deviation from the normal

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Dauntless

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Fearless and brave

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Decapitate

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To cut off the head

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Dulcet

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Pleasant and soothing sound

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Propinquity

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The state of being near

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Fealty

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Loyalty, allegiance

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Quintessential

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Being the most typical example or most important part of something

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Torid

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Extremely hot

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Preposterous

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Absurd , stupid , ridiculous

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Trenchant

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Severe and piercing criticism

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Tutelage

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A help , advise or teaching about how to do something

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Defalcation

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Embezzlement

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Laggard

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Someone who always lags behind

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Throes

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Difficulty or intense pain

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Clandestine

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Covert , secretive

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Propitious

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Auspicious, favourable

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Chary

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Cautious, wary

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Gibberish

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Rubbish , nonsense

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Bucolic

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Relating to the countryside , rural

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Retched

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Miserable, unfortunate

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Quaint

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Out of the ordinary, quirky , eccentric

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Despicable

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Hateful , Contemptible

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Felicity

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Intense happiness, joy

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Moroseness

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The quality of being extremely sad and gloomy

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Marauder

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A robber

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Imbecile

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Stupid person , ninkompoop

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Chicanery

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Use of deception to achieve one’s purpose

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Muddle

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Confused state

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Nippy

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Agile , nimble , fast

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Retribution

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A punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act

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Labyrinth

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A maze or puzzle

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Rummage

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To search for something by moving things around carelessly

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Opulent

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Expensive and luxurious

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Dubiety

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A state of uncertainty

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Zany

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Amusingly strange and unconventional

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Pandemonium

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Chaos, turmoil

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Incandescent

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Angry , furious

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Rigmarole

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A saga , long story

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Obeisance

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Respect, courtesy , salutation

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Incarcerated

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To confine , to trap

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Gnarly

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Difficult, laborious

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Pulchritudinous

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Beautiful

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Unscrupulous

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Immoral , unethical

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Lurch

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To make a sudden and unsteady movement

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Quarry

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A prey

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Gaffe

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Embarrassing mistake , a fault

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Repose

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Stillness , quietude

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Jejune

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Simple , innocent , naive

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Barmy

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Silly , foolish , stupid

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Jiffy

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A moment , a short period of time

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Lecher

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An adulterer , a lecherous man

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Virile

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Manly , strong , powerful

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Doughty

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Determined, brave persistent

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Browbeat

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Intimidate, threaten

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