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lampoon

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to ridicule

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labyrinth

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maze

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levity

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humor, lightheartedness

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lilting

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pleasantly rising and falling

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loquacious

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talkative

like laquisha

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maelstorm

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giant whirlpool

violent storm

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malediction

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a curse

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manifest

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obvious

to demonstrate

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mirth

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happiness

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momentous

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very important

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morbidity

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unhealthy, glomminess

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musty

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stale smelling

like mustard

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nebulous

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vague, unclear, cloudy (nubes)

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nettle

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to annoy

like Neville

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oaf

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a big clumsy stupid person

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obsequious

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overly submissive, asskisisng

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officious

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pushy, offering unwanted help or advice

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opulence

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wealth, abundance

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ordination

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a ceremony for initiation or a priest

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paltry

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unimportant

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papyrus

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paper made from papyrus plant

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parochial

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narrow minded
relating the church

Pharoh

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pathogenic

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capable of causing disease

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peccadillo

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small crime

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penitent

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sorry

penance

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perdition

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hell, damnation

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peruse

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to read carefully

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Phoenix

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bird that signifies immortality

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pithy

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short and to the point, full of meaning

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platitude

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cliche, trite remark

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plight

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bad situation

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polemical

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deliberately controversial

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prattle

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foolish or meaningless talk

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précis

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summary

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prestidigitation

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magic tricks

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proliferation

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rapid growth in numbers

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propriety

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proper behavior

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purse

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go bring together

like lips

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quack

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one who pretends to be a doctor, dishonest person

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quiescence

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stillness

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rabid

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furious or mad, infected by rabies

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ramshackle

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SHAKy, unstable

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red herring

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misleading clue

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relinquish

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to give up

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repast

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meal

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reproach

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to scold, to blame

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revile

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to insult

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rider

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an addition to a document

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rogue

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one who cheats or plays tricks

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ruddiness

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reddish in complexion

Rudy

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saga

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long story of adventure

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salve

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soothing lotion

to soothe

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saunter

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to walk slowly

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scintillating

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exciting, brilliant

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self effacement

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modesty, humility

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serrated

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having sharp edges like a knife

or saw

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shorthchange

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give less than te right amount

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skinflint

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a cheap person

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slothful ness

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laziness

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smear

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ruin the rep of

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snarl

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to tangle like a string

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sophomoric

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immature

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spangle

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a small sparkling object

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squander

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to spend wastefully

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stats is

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state of not moving

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stoke

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to kindle

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stratum

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one of many layers

stratosphere

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stupefaction

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astonishment

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supplement

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add

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surmount

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to overcome

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table

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to delay considering something

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tangential

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off the topic

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tawdry

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cheap

dry

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titter

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short nervous laugh, giggle

when u see a tit

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torrid

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hot, passionate

tori is pretty

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transient

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short lived

transforms

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trifle

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to treat as unimportant

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ubiquitous

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everywhere at the same time

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underplay

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to play down (opposite of exaggerate)

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unflappable

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calm

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unquenchable

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unable to be satisfied

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unsound

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not logical

unhealthy

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upbraid

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to criticize harshly

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warikaday

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common

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winsome

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winning, charming

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wholesome

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healthful

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wheedle

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to persuade by flattey

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warranted

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justified

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vignette

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small picture

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verve

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energy

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veracity

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truth

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vendetta

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revenge

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vanity

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pride In oneself

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vacillate

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to change back and forth

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