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Colloquy

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Conversation

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Viable

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Able to Live

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Synopsis

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Summary

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Terra firma

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Solid Ground

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To sanction

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To authorize

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Russophobe

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One who fears russia

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Prognosis

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Medical Forecast

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Philanthropy

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:Love of mankind

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Perspicacity

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Insight

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Mobocracy

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Mob rule

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Gerontocracy

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Government of the old

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Magniloquence

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Great eloquence

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Kleptomaniac

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Pathological theif

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Joie de vivre

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Joy of living

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In loco parentis

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:In place of parents

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Mundane

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Wordly

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Synthesis

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Combination

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Unequivocal

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Direct

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Nihilism

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Belief in nothing

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Audiophile

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Stereo buff

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Entomology

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Insect zoology

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Omnifarious

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Of all kinds

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Invidious

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Envy

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Deduction

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Reasoning down from principles

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Kleptomaniac

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Pathological thief

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Nondescript

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non (not) + de (down) +
script (easily written)

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Antediluvian

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Before the deluge

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Magnum Opus

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A great work

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Induction

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Factual reasoning

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Hagiocracy

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Government of holy men

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Diction

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word choice

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Disconsolate

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Inconsolable

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Disingenuous

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Insincere

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Fractious

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Unruly

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Prolific

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Productive

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Chronicle

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A history

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Primeval

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Of the first ages

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Panegyric

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Elaborate eulogy

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness

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Comport

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Behave

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Insurgence

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Uprising

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Expeditiously

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Rapidly

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Renovate

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Restore

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Carnage

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Butchery

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Decadent

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Downfallen

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Supercilious

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Scornful

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Inexorable

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Inescapable

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Emissary

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Messenger

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Improvident

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Without foresight

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Moribund

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Dying

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