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quotidian

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daily, everyday

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fey

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magical

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gay

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happy, cheery or homosexual

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pervasive

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inclined to spread throughout

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douse

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to drench, saturate

ie. 浇灭

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pliable

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flexible, bendable

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neologism

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the creation of new words, or a new word

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commendable

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worthy of praise

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profuse

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abundant, lavish, prolific

ie. produced or given in 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬

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myriad

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many, of great numbers, plethora, abundant

ie. A 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 number or multitude

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plethora

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plenty, a great number, an abundance, myriad, abundant sacred, holy
ie. a large or 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 amount of something (than u want/need/can deal w/)

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abundant

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a great number, myriad, plethora, profuse

ie. 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

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radiant

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bring, beaming

happy/smile or heat/light

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fecund`

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fertile, fruitful

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forestall

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to impede (阻礙), to delay

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poach

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to hunt or fish illegally

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fetter

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to restrain, chain, tie

ie. 束縛;限制;抑制

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figurative

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symbolic

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sacrosanct

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sacred, holy

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fabricate

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to invent, make up, concoct

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facile

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easy, effortless, easily achieved​

more shallowness compared to “easy”

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fatuous

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silly, foolish

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perfunctory

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showing little enthusiasm, done as duty

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mandatory

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required, not optional

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flaccid

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limp, weak, not effective (?

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flabbergasted

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astounded, stupified

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forage

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to rummage, scavenge, graze for food

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licentious

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immortal, lewd

ie. sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way

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lewd

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vulgar, offensive, rude, licentious

ie. (of behavior, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way

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profane

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indecent, blasphemous (世俗的)

eg. swear words

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fortuitous

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lucky, occurring by CHANCE

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serendipity

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the act of finding things not sought, luck

ie. FATEY LUCK

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abrogate

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to abolish, often by authority

ie. 正式廢除

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algid

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frigid, cold 凉

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brumal

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wintry, relating to winter

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hiemal

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wintry, relating to winter

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hapless

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unlucky and usually unhappy

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impecunious

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excessively poor

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hiatus

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an interruption in continuit, a break

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gregarious

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sociable, outgoing

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inquisitor

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some who asks question or make an inquiry

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iniquity

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a wicked act, a sin

ie. a very wrong and unfair action or situation

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goad

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to urge, provoke

ie. 招惹

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ingenious

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marked by special intelligence

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subsist

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to live, exist

ie. 維持生計;勉強生存

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notoriety

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the state of being famous for something bad (infamy)

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blandish

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to coax through flattery

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flattery

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compliments, sycophancy

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innocuous

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harmlass

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neonate

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a newborn baby

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incessant

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without interruption

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narrate

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to tell a story

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flout

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to scorn (輕蔑), ignore, show contempt for

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pedagogue

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a school teacher/

v. lechering

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buffet

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to hit or strike