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Immoderation

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Extreme behavior

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Illuminate

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To shed light on; to clarify

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Impeach

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  1. To accuse a public official of a crime

2. To cast doubt on

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Implausible

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Unbelievable; improbable

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Impregnable

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  1. To make pregnant

2. To fill or permeate

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Inaudible

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Too quiet to be heard

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Inclined

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  1. Angled

2. Favoring a certain point of view

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant

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Indent

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  1. To make a dent in

2. To space in from the regular margin

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Indispensable

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Necessary; very important

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Industrious

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Hard-working

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Infer

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To conclude from the evidence or facts (e.g., the author implies, the reader infers)

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Initiate

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To begin

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Inquisitive

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Curious; asking questions

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Insomnia

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Inability to sleep

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Insupportable

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Impossible to justify

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Intensify

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To strengthen; to increase

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Intrinsic

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Inherent; natural

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Invigorate

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To give energy to

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Itinerary

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Outline of a journey

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Jollity

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Being jolly

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Knit

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  1. To sew

2. To bring together closely (as in knotting one’s eyebrows)

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Larceny

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Stealing

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Legacy

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  1. Inheritance

2. A lasting resulting

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Liquidate

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To destroy

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Lucid

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Clear; easily understood

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Lush

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  1. Rich in vegetation

2. Luxurious

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Mannerism

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An affected gesture or habit (part of one’s behavior)

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Mediator

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One who settles differences between people

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Mere

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Insignificant; minor

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Meticulous

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Very neat; paying great attention to detail

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Milestone

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An important event

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Minute

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Very small

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Modify

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To change

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Mourn

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To grieve; to be sorry for a loss or death

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Mutual

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Common

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Nontransferable

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Unable to be given to another

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Nurture

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To nourish; to help develop and grow

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Obsession

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Extreme fascination

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Opportunist

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One who takes advantage of opportunities (especially in an unethical way)

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Orgy

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Wild party where people overdue it (in drink, sex, etc.)

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Overdrive

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Beyond normal limits

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Parasitic

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Living off others without giving them anything in return

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Patchwork

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Something made up of unrelated pieces and parts

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Perceptive

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Observant; small

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Persistence

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Continuous existence; endurance

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Pictorial

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Relating to pictures

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Playwright

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One who writes plays

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Pompous

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Acting self-important

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Precede

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To come before

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Predecessor

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Someone who comes before another in a position

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Premise

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A statement upon which a conclusion is based

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Preside

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To lead

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Prevalent

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Widespread

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Prodigy

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Genius

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Propagandist

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One who spreads false or exaggerated ideas

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Proverb

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A short saying that expresses an obvious truth

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Pushover

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One who is easily defeated or persuaded

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Quenching

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Satisfying (e.g., quenching one’s thirst)

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Random

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Without direction or order

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Recede

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To retreat; to move backward

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Reclaim

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  1. To rescue; to bring back

2. To make land productive and fertile again

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Reconcile

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To settle (an argument, a problem, etc.); to make up with someone

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Refinement

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Purification; improvement; sophisticated taste

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Regenerate

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To grow back

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Rehabilitate

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To restore to previous or good condition

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Reliance

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Trust; dependence

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Render

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  1. To give

2. To perform

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Repetitious

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Saying or doing the same thing over and over and over and over

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Reside

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To live in or at

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Resourceful

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Clever; able to get out of difficulties

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Retaining

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Holding in; containing

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Rigid

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Stiff; inflexible

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Rumpled

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Wrinkled; crumpled

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Scarcity

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Shortage

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Seductive

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Attractive, especially sexually

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Servile

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Acting like a servant; overly submissive

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Shackle

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Chain

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Skeptical

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Distrustful; unbelieving

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Sober

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  1. Serious

2. Not drunk

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Sonic

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Involving sound

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Speculative

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Questioning; guessing

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Sprout

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  1. (N.) a young plant

2. (V.) to begin to grow

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Stanza

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A section of a poem

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Stimulation

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Motivation; encouragement

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Submissive

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Obedient; following orders

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Summons

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An order to show up

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Suspect

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  1. To believe

2. To be suspicious

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Symmetry

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Balance

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Tally

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To keep score

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Tedious

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Boring

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Tentative

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Uncertain; subject to change

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Thrive

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To grow; to be sucessful

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Transition

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Change from one stage to another

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Trench

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A long narrow ditch

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Tyranny

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Cruel rule

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Unaccountable

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  1. Difficult to explain

2. Not responsible for

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Uncork

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To remove the top from; to open or begin

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Unify

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To bring together

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Unsolicited

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Not asked for

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Urgency

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The need for immediate action

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Vain

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  1. Useless; worthless

2. Conceited

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Venom

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Poison

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Veteran

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  1. Former soldier

2. Experienced person

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Virtue

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Goodness; good quality

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Wit

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Cleverness

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