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Boisterous

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Ash; noisy energetic; rowdy

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Beseech

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V: ask urgently and fervently to do something; implore

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Brine

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N; a solution of salt and water which food is preserved in

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Calamity

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N; an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

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Dote

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V; be extremely and uncritically fond of

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Effeminate

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Ask; of a man showing or having characteristics usually seen as feminine

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Eloquence

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N; fluent of persuasive speaking or writing

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Enmity

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N; state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile

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Jest

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N; thing said or done for amusement; jokes

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Lament

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N: passionate expression of grief or sorrow

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Languish

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V; person) lose or lack of vitality: grow weak or feeble

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Loathe

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V; feel intense dislike or disgust for

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Propagate

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V; spread and promote widely (idea)

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Purge

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V; rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory or condition

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Quench

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V; satisfy (one’s thirst) by drinking

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Rancor

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N; bitterness/resentfulness, especially when long and standing

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Sullen

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Adj; bae tempered and sulky/ gloomy

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Supple

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Adj; bending and moving easily/ graceful

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Tedious

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Adj; too long, slow, or dull; tiresome and monotonous

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Thwart

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V; prevent someone from accomplishing something