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To soothe, to relieve

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Assuage

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Ancient, outdated

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Archaic

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Hardworking, busy

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Assiduous

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Greed, excessive desire for riches

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Avarice

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To fuse or unite

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Coalesce

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Standing out, obvious

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Conspicuous

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To prove wrong

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Debunk

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Unconventional, a little kooky

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Eccentric

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To glorify

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Exalt

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To celebrate

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Exult

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Irrelevant, unnecessary

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Extraneous

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Just about to happen

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Imminent

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A chant

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Incantation

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Lenient, yielding to desire

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Indulgent

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Incapable of being overcome or solved

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Insuperable

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Sluggishness, laziness

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Lethargy

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Stingy, relating to great poverty

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Penurious

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One that preys or destroys

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Predator

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Hard to understand, over ones head

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Recondite

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To waste

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Squander