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Patois

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A regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon

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Nexus

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A means of connection; a connected group or series; a center

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Obviate

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To make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent

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Nostrum

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Medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure

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Lucre

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Money or profits

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Penchant

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Inclination

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Maverick

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Dissenter

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Perfunctory

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Superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace; contempt

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Malinger

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To feign illness to escape duty

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Ornithologist

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Scientist who studies birds

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Pedantic

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Showing off learning

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Limn

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To draw; describe

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Pathos

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A quality that causes a feeling of pity or sorrow

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool; turmoil

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Liberal

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Tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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Nostalgia

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Sentimental longing for a past time

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Misanthrope

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One who hates humanity

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Officious

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Too helpful; meddlesome

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Multifarious

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Diverse

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Paean

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Song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy

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Nugatory

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Trifling; invalid

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Minutia

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Petty details

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Luminous

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Bright; brilliant; glowing

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Magnanimity

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Generosity; nobility

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Linguistic

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Pertaining to language

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary

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Machinations

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Plots or schemes

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Oligarchy

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Form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders

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Microcosm

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A small system having analogies to a larger system; small world

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lustrous

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Shining

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Olfactory

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Concerning the sense of smell

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Log

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Record of a voyage; record of daily activities

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Mollify

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Soothe

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Lambaste

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To thrash verbally or physically

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Paleontology

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Study of past geological eras through fossil remains

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Menagerie

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A variety of animals kept together

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Miscellany

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Mixture of writings on various subjects

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Lascivious

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Lustful

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Mettlesome

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Full of courage and fortitude; spirited

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Machiavellian

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Crafty; double-dealing

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Lassitude

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Lethargy; sluggishness

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Misogynist

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One who hates women

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Libido

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Sexual desire

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Monolithic

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Solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

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Literati

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Scholarly or learned persons

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Mettle

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Courage; endurance

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Lethargic

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Inactive

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Occlude

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To shut; block

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Pathological

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Departing from normal condition

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Pedant

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Uninspired, boring academic

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Malign

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To speak evil of

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Metamorphosis

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Change; transformation

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Litany

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Lengthy recitation; repetitive chant

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Occult

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Relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena

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Lilliputian

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Extremely small

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Ostentatious

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Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious

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Metaphysics

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A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality

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Libertine

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One without moral restraint

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Necromancy

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Black magic

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Penurty

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Extreme poverty

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Mnemonic

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Adj. related to memory; assisting memory, n. a system that develops and improves the memory

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Odyssey

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A long adventurous voyage; a quest

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Mesmerize

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To hypnotize

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Partisan

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One-sided; committed to a party, group. or cause; prejudiced

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Labile

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Likely to change

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Perfidious

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Faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

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Modicum

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Limited quantity

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Permeable

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Penetrable

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Peremptory

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Imperative; leaving no choice

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable

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Morose

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Ill-humored; sullen

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Overweening

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Presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing

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Lucid

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Bright; clear; intelligible

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Neophyte

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Novice; beginner

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Minatory

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Threatening; menacing

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Motley

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Many colored; made up of many parts

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Litigation

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Legal proceedings

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Perennial

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Present throughout the years; persistent

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Limpid

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Clear; transparent

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Megalomania

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Delusions of power or importance

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Minuscule

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Very small

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Levee

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An embankment that prevents a river from overflowing

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Obsequy

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Funeral ceremony (often used in the plural, obsequies)

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive

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Neologism

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New word or expression

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Nonplussed

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Bewildered

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Laud

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To praise

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Onomatopoeia

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Formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to

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Miscreant

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Villain; criminal

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Perigee

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Point in an orbit that is closest to the earth

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Meticulous

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Very careful; fastidious

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Militate

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To work against

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Oscillate

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To move back and forth

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Mitigate

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To cause to become less harsh; severe, or painful; alleviate

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Levity

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Light manner or attitude

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Negate

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To cancel out; nullify

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Pellucid

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Transparent; translucent; easily understood

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Meteorological

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Concerned with the weather

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Mendicant

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Beggar

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Meretricious

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Gaudy; plausible but false; specious

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Mendacious

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Dishonest

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Pallid

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Lacking color or liveliness

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Peregrination

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A wandering from place to place

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Latent

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Present but hidden; potential

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