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affable

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friendly

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ineffable

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indescribable

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counterfeit

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imitation, forgery

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effigy

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sculpture or model of person

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faction

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clique, sector

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prolific

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producing many offspring

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ratify

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confirm or accept by formal consent

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default

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to fail

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infallible

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incapable of being wrong

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fatuity

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stupidity

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fatuous

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stupid

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infatuated

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very strong but not lasting feeling of love

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confer

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to grant

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proffer

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to offer

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proliferate

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to reproduce

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referendum

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vote on political question open to the entire electorate

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fervid

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intense

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fervor

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passion

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confine

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imprison, limit activity of someone

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infinitesimal

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very small

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conflagration

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obivously offensive

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deflect

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to bend or turn aside

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genuflect

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to bend knee (in worship)

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confluence

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merging into one

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effluence

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flowing out

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mellifluous

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pleasing

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foreshadow

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act as a warning or sign for future event

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forestall

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to prevent by advance action

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fortuitous

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happening by luck

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fortissimo

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very loud

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fractious

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irritable

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infringe

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to break, violate

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refractory

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stubborn, unamanageable, rebellious

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centrifugal

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flying off from the center

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fugue

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psychological state in which one flies from one’s own identity

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subterfuge

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trick or dishonest way of achieving something

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effulgent

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shining forth

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refulgent

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radiant; shining

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fumigate

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to treat with smoke or vapors

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infusion

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add one thing to another to make it stronger

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profuse

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abundant

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suffuse

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to spread throughout or over from within