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Immaculate

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Clean; pure

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Idiom

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An expression of language

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Impartial

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Neutral; objective; not biased

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Imperious

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Bossy; acting like a king

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Imposition

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Inconvenience; burden

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Inaccessible

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  1. Not able to be reached or entered

2. Not understandable

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Incarcerate

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To imprison

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Inconclusive

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Without final results; indefinite

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Incurious

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Not curious; uncaring

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Indigenous

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Native; from a certain area

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Induced

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  1. Persuading

2. Brought about

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Inevitable

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Unavoidable

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Inhabit

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To live in

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Innumerate

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Countless; too many to number

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Insistent

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Demanding; pushy

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Instigate

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To provoke

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Integrity

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Honesty; sincerity

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Intimate

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  1. (Adj.) close (as in a relationship)
  2. (V.) to imply or suggest
  3. (Adj.) through (as in knowledge)
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Inventory

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A list if goods a business owns

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Irretrievable

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Impossible to bring back

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Jeopardy

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Danger; risk

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Junction

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Where two things meet; act of joining

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Kindle

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To start a fire

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Landslide

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Rocks and earth suddenly falling down a mountain

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Lax

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Careless; lazy

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Linger

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To hang around; to remain in one place

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Loiterer

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One who hangs around; one who acts aimlessly

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Luminous

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Full of light

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Mandatory

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Required

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Meager

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  1. Thin

2. Not enough

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Megaphone

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Device used to make one’s voice louder

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Metaphor

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Literary comparison

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Migrant

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One who often changes his or her place of living

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Minnow

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Small fish

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Mishap

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Accident

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Monotony

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Single; unchanging tone; boredom

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Mutability

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Changeability

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Nick

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To cut slightly

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Novel

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New; unusual

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Oblige

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  1. To do a favor

2. To “feel obligated” is to feel like you owe someone something

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Oceanographer

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One who studies oceans

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Optimism

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Positive attitude

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Outcast

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Someone not accepted by society

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Paradox

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An apparent contradiction

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Passable

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  1. Able to be traveled through

2. Barely satisfactory

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Peer

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  1. (N.) an equal; companion

2. (V.) to look curiously

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Perplex

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To confuse

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Phenomenon

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Occurrence; fact or circumstance

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Pittance

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Small amount

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Polarize

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To divide into opposing groups

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Postscript

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A note added to a finished letter or book (P.S.)

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Precursor

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One who comes before someone else

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Preeminent

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Superior; above others

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Prescribe

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To lay down as a rule

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Pretentious

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Pretending to be someone you’re not; posing

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Probing

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Exploring; searching for information

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Prominent

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Standing out; notable

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Prose

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Ordinary language (i.e., not poetry)

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Pseudonym

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False name (used by writers to remain anonymous)

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Qualitative

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Relating to quality (as opposed to quantity)

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Radical

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  1. (N.) extremist

2. (Adj.) extreme

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Rational

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Logical; reasonable; sensible

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Recital

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Musical performance

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Recoil

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To draw back in alarm or horror

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Red tape

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Official routines that delay action; symbol of inefficiency

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Refugee

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One who needs protection (especially politically)

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Regressive

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Going backwards

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Rejuvenate

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To bring back the youthful strength or appearance

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Remorse

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Regret; sorrow for having done wrong

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Resent

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To feel angry or bitter toward

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Resolution

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  1. Purpose; determination

2. Settlement of a problem

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Restrain

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To hold back

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Rift

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  1. (N.) crack or fracture

2. (V.) to divide

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Robust

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Strong

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Ruthless

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Cruel

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Sage

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  1. (Adj.) wise

2. (N.) a wise person

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Seasonal

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Once each season; periodic

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Serene

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Calm; peaceful

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Severity

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Harshness; seriousness

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Shunned

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Rejected; refused

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Smirk

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To smile in a self-satisfied way

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Solitude

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Isolation; being alone

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Span

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The distance between two items

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Stale

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  1. Tasteless
  2. Old
  3. Overused
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Stereotype

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Oversimplified opinion; generalizing based on perceiving pattern

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Stubble

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  1. Short stalks of grain

2. Short, unshaven hairs

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Suburbanite

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One who lives outside of a city

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Surge

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to increase suddenly

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Sycophant

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Asskisser; kissass (take your pick, you wonderful student, you)

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Synthetic

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Man-made; artificial

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Taint

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Trace of something bad

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Tangible

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Touchable; clear and certain

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Tenacious

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Persisting; firm; unyielding

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Terse

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Short and to the point

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Treachery

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Deceitfulness; betrayal (usually of one’s country)

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Ultramodern

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Very new; very modern

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Unconditional

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Without conditions; absolute

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Unmask

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To reveal

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Uproarious

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Extremely funny

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Vaccinate

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To give a shot that protects against disease

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Veil

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  1. (N.) cloth used to cover the face

2. (V.) to hide; to mask thinly

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Verify

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To prove; to confirm

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Vibrant

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Lively

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Weld

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To join metals or plastic by heating

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Yielding

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Give in; submitting

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Zeal

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Enthusiasm

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