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Abrasive

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Rough

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Abhor

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To hate

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Accelerate

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To speed up

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Accord

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Agreement

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Adjacent

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Next to

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Adverse

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Opposing; unfavorable

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Agenda

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A list of things to do

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Agony

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Extreme pain

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Akin

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Similar to

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Allot

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To give out; to allocate

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning; unclear

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Ample

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Plentiful; of large proportions

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Anesthetic

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Painkiller

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Anticipate

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  1. To expect

2. To provide for in advance

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Appeal

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1 attractiveness

2. To request

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Appropriate

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  1. Proper
  2. To seize; to take possession of
  3. To set aside for a specific use
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arbitrary

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Random

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Ascertain

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To find out by making inquiries

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Atheist

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One who does not believe in god

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Baffle

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To fool; to confuse

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Barren

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Not capable of producing vegetation; infertile

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Benchmark

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A standard for measuring something

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Bizarre

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Strange

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Blueprint

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Plan; design for a building

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Bonanza

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Huge, unexpected profit

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Braggart

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One who brags a lot

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Brittle

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Easy to break

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Burly

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Muscular

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Calamity

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Disaster

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Capacity

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Available space

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Cease

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To stop

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Census

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An official population count

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Chronicle

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Story

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Cliche

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Overuse phrase

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Colleague

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Co - worker

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Compatible

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Able to get along well together

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Complementary

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  1. Completing

2. Going well together

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Composite

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Made up of separate parts

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Compromise

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  1. Settlement in which each party surrenders something it wants
  2. To go against one’s principles
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Concussion

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Head injury

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Confinement

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Imprisonment

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Conscientious

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Careful; ethical

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Conservative

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Traditional; seeking to preserve the past

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Constituents

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  1. Parts of a whole

2. Voters

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Contemporary

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  1. Of the same time

2. Present

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Contract

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To shorten; to shrink

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Conversion

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Change

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Correspondence

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  1. Similarity

2. Communication

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Counterfeiter

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One who makes fake money

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Creases

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Lines; wrinkles; folds

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Critic

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  1. One who makes unfavorable comments

2. Reviewer

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Cunning

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Sly; devious

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Dam

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  1. A barrier used to hold back water

2. To stop a flow

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Decelerate

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To slow down

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Decomposition

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Process of falling apart; disintegration

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Deflect

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  1. To block; to shield from

2. To push off to the side

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Deliberate

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Carefully considered and planned; intentional

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Deplete

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To use up; to exhaust the supply of

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Desertion

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Abandonment

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Deteriorate

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To become worse; to decay

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Diction

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Choice of words

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Diligent

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Hard - working

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Disbar

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To expel a lawyer from law practice

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Disclosure

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Something revealed or released

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Discredit

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To disbelieve; to dishonor

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Disengagement

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Separation

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Disinclination

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Unwillingness

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Dismiss

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To send away; to ignore

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Disrobe

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To take off ones clothes

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Distasteful

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Unlikable

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Divergence

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Separation

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Downheartedness

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Sadness

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Dutiful

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Obedient

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Economize

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To save; to minimize spending

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Elongate

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To make longer

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Embroidery

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Needlework decoration

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Empathy

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Sympathy; ability to feel another’s feelings

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Endure

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  1. To tolerate

2. To last; to remain

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Enmesh

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To catch; to entangle

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Entrepreneur

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An independent businessman

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Eradicate

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To get rid of

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Essence

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Basic nature; most important part of something

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Everlasting

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Lasting forever

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Exclaim

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To cry out in surprise or anger

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Exhilarating

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Exciting; stimulating

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Explicit

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Clear; obvious

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Extroverted

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Outgoing; friendly

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Facilitate

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To make easier

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Feasible

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Possible

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Flower

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To blossom

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Forge

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  1. To shape
  2. To copy something illegally
  3. To move steadily
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Fragrant

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Pleasant - smelling

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Frenzy

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Temporary madness; wild activity

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Garland

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Circle of leaves or flowers

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Gibberish

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Nonsense

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Goal

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Score in soccer, hockey, etc

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Grant

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  1. Gift

2. To give

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grim

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Terrible; forbidding; stern

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Gulf

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Huge gap

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Haggard

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Looking tired

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Harbor

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  1. Place where ships dock

2. To shelter

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Headstrong

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Determined; stubborn

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Hemorrhage

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Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding

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High - minded

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Showing high morals or feelings

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Homogenous

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The same through out ; uniform

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Hybrid

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A blend of two things

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Hypothetical

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Theoretical

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