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aboveboard

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honest

above the influence

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abate

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to decrease in force

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accolade

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award, praise

ass

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acrid

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bitter, as in taste or smell, harsh

acid

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admonish

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criticize

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affected

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theatrical

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alacrity

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eagerness, cheerful promptness

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amalgam

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mixture

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anachronistic

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out of place in time

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animosity

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hatred, hostility

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anomalous

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unusual out of place

I know my place (opposite)

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anthology

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collection of stories or poems

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aphorism

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a sort wise saying

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arsenal

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a collection of weapons

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aspirant

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a hopeful person

aspire

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astute

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smart

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augment

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to add to

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autonomy

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freedom, independence

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awry

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wrong, out of place, off the right course

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banal

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ordinary, boring

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badness

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inferiority, low rank

crudeness

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befuddle

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to confuse

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belligerent

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argumentative, aggressive

drunk

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bigot

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prejudiced person

bi got to go

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bombastic

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loud and self involved, pompous

like a bomb

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buffeted

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hit repeatedly

buffeted by the wind

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cajole

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to urge through flattery

joe

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calving

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giving birth to a calf , losing part of oneself

halving

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cataclysmic

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terrible tragic

catastrophe

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caucus

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meeting

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cavort

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to run around in a playful manner

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certitude

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sureness, CERTAINTY

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chary

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careful, wary

Charlotte

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chide

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to scold, to dissaprove

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circumlocution

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round about way of speaking

getting around the point

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coagulate

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to clot, to come together

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coffee

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box which valuables are kept in

coffin

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cohesive

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holding together, logical

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commiserate

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to feel or show pity for, to sympathize

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compost

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fertilizer

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condone

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to pardon, to overlook

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conflagration

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large fire

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congregate

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to come together in a crowd

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conspicuous

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obvious, attracting attention

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contiguous

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side by side, touching

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conviction

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strong belief

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corroborate

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to provide evidence to support a view or opinion

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countermand

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command replacing a precious one

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crusader

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one who fights for a cause

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curator

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director of an institute (museum)

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daunt

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to threaten

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debilitate

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to weaken to cripple

debil =weak

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decoy

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trick, lure, bait

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deference

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extreme respectfulness, submissiveness s

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degradation

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dishonor

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Deride

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I ridicule

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despondent

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depressed

non responsive

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dialectic

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method of finding the truth through reasoning

detective

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diffidence

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shyness, lack of confidence

Syd

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dilation

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process of becoming wider

eyes

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disapprobation

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disapproval

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discern

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to recognize

to distinguish between things

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disinterested

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neutral

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disposition

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mood, temperament

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dissolution

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the breaking into parts or pieces

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ditty

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simple song

diddy dirty money

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dogged

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persistent, stubbornly determined

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dotard

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stupid person

retard

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drawl

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to speak slowly

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dulcet

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pleasant sounding

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eclectic

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from many sources, diverse

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efface

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to erase, destroy

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effusion

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act of freely expressing feeling or though

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embroil

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to entangle, to get involved in an argument

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engender

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to produce

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entomology

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study of insects

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rn venom

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to make bitter, to posin

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esoteric

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understood by a few, mystical

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eulogized

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to great things about

funeral

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exacting

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demanding, severe

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exhort

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to urge strongly

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extol

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to praise

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exude

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to give off

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facetiousness

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inappropriate humor, wit

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fastidious

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fussy, difficult to please, finicky

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felicity

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happy.

ffelize

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feudal

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relating to lord and tenant system of labd

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floe

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chunk of floating ice

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foible

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minor flaw or weakness

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frisky

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playful

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furtiv

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secretive, sneaky

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gale

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a strong wind

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game

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wild animals

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garish

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gaudy, bright In color

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germane

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relevant, important

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gingerly

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cautiously

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glib

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slick(in speech), superficial

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grapple

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to struggle with

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guffaw

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to laugh heartily

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hackneyed

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cliched, overused

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heed

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to follow

heed advice

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hidebound

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very stubborn

hard like hide

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idiosyncrasy

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strange habit or performance

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impecunious

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having no money

cunt

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implore

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to beg

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impugn

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to call into question

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incendiary

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causing fire

stirring up trouble

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incite

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to provoke

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incorrigible

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unable to be improved, beyond hope of correction

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indefatigable

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tireless, energetic

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indoctrination

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the teaching of a certain view, brain waging

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ineptness

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lumssiness, lack of ability

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infirmity

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weakness, disease

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ingrained

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firmly established

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insinuation

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subtle, usually negative suggestion

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intercede

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to break up an argument and settle differences

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intrepid

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brave fearless

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investiture

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process of investing

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iridescent

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colorful and shiny

brilliant

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