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Tenuous

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V. Slight or weak

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Esoteric

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Only understood by a small number of people

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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of country life

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Couth

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Cultured; refined; good mannered

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Retention

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Hold onto

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Appropriation

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Gov takes something

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Bequest

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A legacy

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Endorsement

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Show public approval

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Indelible

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Making rules which can’t be removed

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Onus

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One’s duty or responsibility

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Incarceration

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Imprisonment

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Dilatory

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Procrastination

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Dispelled

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Cause to vanish

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Vacillation

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State of indecision

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Concede

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Admit something is true after previously denying it

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Aggregation

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Several things grouped together and considered as a whole

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Retrenchment

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Form of defense

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Tenable

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Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

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Churlish

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Rude in a mean spirited and surly way

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Implacable

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Unable to be appeased or placated

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Deferential

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Respectful

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Sanctimonious

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Making a show of being morally superior to other people

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Lugubrious

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Looking and sounding sad and dismal

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