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facetious

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joking, sarcastic

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facile

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easy, effortless

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factious

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causing disagreement

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factitious

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artificial

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factotum

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an employee who can do all kinds of work

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fallacious

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misleading, deceptive

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farcical

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absurd, ridiculous

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fastidious

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hard to please

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fatalistic

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believing that all things in life are inevitable

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fatuous

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foolish

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fealty

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loyalty, devotion

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febrile

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feverish

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fecund

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fertile, productive

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feign

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to pretend

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felicity

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happiness

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felonious

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villainous,

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fervent

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eager, earnest

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fervid

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very emotional

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fete

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to honor, entertain

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fiat

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official order

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filch

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steal

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filial

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like a son or daughter

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firebrand

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one who stirs a revolution

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firmament

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sky, heavens

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flag

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to droop or slow down

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flay

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to criticize; to strip skin off

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fleece

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to swindle

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flippant

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treating serious matters lightly

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florid

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flowery, ornate

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flotilla

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small fleet of ships

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flotsam

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floating cargo, wreckage

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flout

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mock, ridicule

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fluvial

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pertaining to a river

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foible

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weakness, minor fault

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foist

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to pass off merchandise that is inferior

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folderol

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nonsense

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foment

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to stir up, instigate

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fop

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excessively vain man

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foray

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sudden attack

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forbearance

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patience, restraint

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forebear

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ancestor

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forensic

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pertaining to formal discussion or debate

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forestall

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anticipate

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forte

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strong point

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fracas

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a loud quarrel

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fractious

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irritable, quarrelsome

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freshet

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a fresh water stream

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frowzy

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dirty

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fugacious

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pertaining to the passing of time

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fulminate

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denounce, explode

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fulsome

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disgusting, sickening, repulsive

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furor

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rage, frenzy, fury

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furtive

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secretive

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gadfly

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person who annoys others

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gaff

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a hook

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gainsay

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to deny, contradict

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gall

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bitterness

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gallant

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noble polite

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galvanize

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to stimulate, startle into sudden action

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gambit

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strategy, opening one uses to advantage

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gambol

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frolic, romp about

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garble

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distort

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garish

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tasteless, gaudy

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garner

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gather, acquire

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garrulous

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talkative

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gauche

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awkward, tactless

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gelid

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very cold, frozen

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genteel

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polite, refined

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genuflect

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to kneel, bend the knee

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germane

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relevant, fitting

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gerontology

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study of older people and their problems

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gesticulation

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lively or excited gesture

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gibbet

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gallows from which a criminal is hanged

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gibe

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to scoff, ridicule

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gild

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cover with gold

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gird

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encircle

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glean

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to gather patiently with great effort

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glib

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fluent, smooth

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glissade

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a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain

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gloaming

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twilight, dusk

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glower

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frown, stare angrily at

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goad

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encourage, to spur on

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gourmand

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a glutton, person who eats to excess

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grandiloquent

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pretentious, speaking in a pompous style

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grapple

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to grip and hold, to struggle

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gripe

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complaint

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grit

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stubborn courage

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grotto

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cave

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guile

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deceit, trickery

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guileless

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sincere

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guise

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false appearance

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gull

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trick, deceive

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gustatory

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pertaining to sense of taste

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hackneyed

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trite, commonplace, overused

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halcyon

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calm

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hale

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healthy

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hallmark

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symbol of high quality

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hallow

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make holy, to bless

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hapless

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unlucky

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harangue

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long speech

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harbinger

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omen, sign

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harlequin

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clown

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harpy

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a greedy grasping person, a scolding, nagging woman

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harrowing

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upsetting, distressing

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harry

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worry, torment

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hart

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male deer

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hector

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to bully

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hegira

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flight, escape

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herald

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to announce, usher in

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hermetic

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airtight, tightly sealed

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heterodox

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departing from acceptable beliefs

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heyday

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period of success

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hircine

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goat-like

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hirsute

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hairy, bearded

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histrionic

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theatrical, overly dramatic

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hoary

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white with age or frost

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hoi polloi

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common people, the masses

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homily

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a sermon

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homage

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respect, honor

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hone

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to sharpen

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hoodwink

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deceive

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hoot

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shout in disapproval

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horde

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crowd of people

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hospice

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shelter

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humbug

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trick, hoax

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humus

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black soil for fertilizing

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hurtle

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to dash, speed, run

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hymeneal

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pertaining to marriage

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ichthyology

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study of fish

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iconoclast

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rebel, one who breaks with tradition

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igneous

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pertaining to fire

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ignoble

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dishonorable

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ignominious

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shameful, disgraceful

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ilk

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type sort, kind

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imbibe

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drink, absorb

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imbroglio

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a difficult or confusing situation

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imbue

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to fill completely, penetrate

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immolate

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to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire

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immutable

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unchangeable

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impalpable

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vague

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impeach

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accuse

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impecunious

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without money, penniless

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impel

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push into motion, urge

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imperious

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domineering, haughty

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impertinent

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rude, disrespectful

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imperturbable

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steady, calm

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impervious

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not capable of being affected, hardened

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impetuous

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acting without thought, impulsive

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impetus

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a stimulus, moving force

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impinge

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to strike, collide, encroach

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importune

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to persistently ask, to beg

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imprecation

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a curse

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impregnable

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unconquerable

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impropriety

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pertaining to something that is not proper or suitable

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improvident

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wasteful

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impudent

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disrespectful, shameless

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impugn

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to attack a person with words, to challenge a person in regard to motives

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impute

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to accuse a person of some wrong doing, to attribute a fault or a crimes to a person

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inadvertent

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unintentional

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inane

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silly, meaningless

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incarnadine

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blood-red, flesh-colored

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incense

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to inflame, enrage

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inchoate

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at an early stage, just beginning

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incipient

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beginning to exist or appear

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incisive

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sharp, keen

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incongruous

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unsuited, inappropriate

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incontrovertible

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certain, undeniable

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incubus

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nightmare

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inculcate

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to teach earnestly, influence someone to accept an idea

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incumbent

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resting or lying down, on who holds a political office

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incursion

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raid, invasion

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indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out

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indelible

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in capable of being erased

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indemnify

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insure, repay

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indicative

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implying, signifying

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indissoluble

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permanent

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indolent

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lazy

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indubitable

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unquestionable, certain

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ineffable

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not able to be described

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ineluctable

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inevitable, inescapable

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inert

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without power to move, inactive

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inexorable

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unyielding

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infamous

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bad reputation

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infernal

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hellish, fiendish, diabolical

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infirmity

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weakness, feebleness

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ingenious

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clever

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ingenuous

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simple, innocent, naive

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ingrate

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ungrateful person

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ingratiate

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to work one’s way into another’s favor

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inimical

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harmful, unfriendly

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iniquity

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wickedness

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inordinate

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unusual, excessive

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inscrutable

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mysterious, difficult to understand

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insidious

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treacherous

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insipid

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tasteless dull

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insouciant

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carefree, happy go lucky

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insular

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pertaining to an island, detached

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insuperable

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unconquerable

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insurrection

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rebellion, uprising

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inter

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to bury

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interdict

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prohibit, ban

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interlocutor

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one who takes part in a conversation

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interloper

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an intruder

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interpolate

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to insert between, to estimate

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interpose

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place between

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interregnum

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pause, interval, any period during which a nation is without a permanent ruler

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intractable

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hard to manage

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intransigent

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stubborn, refusing to give in

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intrepid

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fearless, courageous

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inured

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to accustomed to

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invective

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strong verbal abuse

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inveigh

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to make a bitter verbal attack

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inveigle

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trick, lure, deceive

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inveterate

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firmly established, deep rooted

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invidious

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causing resentment, offensive

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irascible

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easily angered

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ire

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anger, wrath

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irremediable

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unable to be corrected or cured

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irresolute

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indecisive, doubtful, undecided

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irrevocable

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final, unchangeable

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itinerant

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traveling from place to place

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