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absolutist

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one in favor or total control by a ruler

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abatement

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decrease in force

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accost

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to approach and speak to

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acrimonious

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bitter, as in feeling, language, or tone

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adulation

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excessive praise

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afforded

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allowed

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alchemist

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medieval chemist who claimed to turn ordinary metals into gold

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allusion

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subtle reference

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ambivalent

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undecided, having opposing feelings

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analgesic

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painkiller

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annex

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addition to a building

to add or to attach

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anomaly

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unusual event or

happening

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antidote

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cute

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apocryphal

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false, of doubtful origin

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approbatory

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approving, praising

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archipelago

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group of islands

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assail able

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able to be attacked

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asunder

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not whole in two or more parts

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August

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dignified, serious

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Avarice

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greed

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bask

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to enjoy, to lie in a pleasant warmth

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beguile

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to fool

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bellow

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noise a bull makes

to tell

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benevolence

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love of mankind

goodness

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beseech

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to request urgently

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bilk

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to steal, to cheat

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blight

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widespread disease

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boon

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a benefit

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bridle

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strap used to steer horses

to become angry

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buttress

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part of a building that supports a wall structure

to support

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calcified

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hardened

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capitulate

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to give in, to agree

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catacomb

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cave

underground cemetery

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cauldron

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big pot

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celerity

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speed

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cessation

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ending

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chasten

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to punish to discipline

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chisel

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steel tool for cutting or shaping

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circumscribe

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to limit

to outline

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clamor

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noise

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coalesce

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to come togethe r

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cognate

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something related to birth by origin

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coiffure

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hairdo

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comatose

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unconscious, in a coma

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concede

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to admit as true

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conduit

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a channel or vehicle for transporting something

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confluence

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a flowing togethe r

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conjecture

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guess

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constrict

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to make narrower, to tighten

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contraband

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illegally transported goods

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corrugated

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bumpy, with rigged and grooves, wrinkles

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craven

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cowardly

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cryptic

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hidden, secret

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curmudgeon

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cranky, irritable old man

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dawdle

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to waste time, to move slowly

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decry

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to insult publicly

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defile

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to dirty

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delectable

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delicious

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deplore

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to regret deeply, to mourn

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derisive

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ridiculing, mocking

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diaphanous

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see through, delicate fragile

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diffuse

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to spread out

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diminution

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decrease, lessening

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disconcerting

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upsetting

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disparage

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to criticize l, to put down

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disquietude

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uneasiness, anxiety

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dissonance

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lack of harmony, disagreement

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diurnal

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during the daytime

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dogmatic

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extremely opinionated, preachy, arrogant

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double dealer

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liar, hypocrite

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drivel

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nonsense

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dupe

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one who is easily cheated

to cheat someone

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eddy

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a current moving against the main current, swirling water

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effervescent

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bubbly

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embark

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to go aboard a vessel, to begin a project

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embryonic

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early stage of growth

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enchant

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to charm

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enigmatic

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unclear, mysterious

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entreaty

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request

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eon

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very long period

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equitable

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fair, equal

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espouse

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to support

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euphemism

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a word
to replace an offensive
word

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exhume

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to dig up

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expiate

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to make up for or pay the penalty for

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extradite

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to turn someone over to the law of

another country

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exult

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to rejoice greatly

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facile

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easily accomplished or understood

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fatalist

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someone who Believes that life is predetermined

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ferret

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to find by searching persistently

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fiasco

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complete failure

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flagrant

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shocking, open and shameless

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florid

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flowery, heavily decorated

having a rosy color

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foolhardy

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foolishly bold,, reckless

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fortuitous

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accidental, lucky, happening by chance

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frivolous

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silly, useless

extravagant

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gall

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audacity, nerve

to anger

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gamely

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enthusiastically, courageously

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garner

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to gather

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genial

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friendly nice

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germinal

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in early stages of development

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girder

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steel beam used for support in a building

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gratify

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to please

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guile

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dishonesty

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hallowed

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holy

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ignominy

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dishonor

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imperturbable

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calm

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inane

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silly, meaningless

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incensed

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angry

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indelible

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permanent, not erasable

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indolence

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laziness, idleness

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inexorable

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unstippable

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influx

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act of flowing or increasing

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inhospitable

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unfriendly l

proving no food or shelter

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innocuous

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harmless

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insipid

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dull, lacking energy

stupid

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interloper

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intruder, meddler

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inundate

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to flood

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inviolable

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safe from harm

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irreproachable

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blameless, beyond criticism

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