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Rancor

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Resentment; animosity; bad feeling

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Eclectic

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Taking things from different sources

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Bard

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Poet

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Edifice

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Building; structure

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Germane

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Relevant

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Munificent

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Generous; charitable

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Bastion

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Fortress; stronghold

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Conflagration

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Big fire

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Efface

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To wipe out

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Germinal

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Just growing; not developed; immature

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Voracious

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Ravenous; devouring great quantities of food

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Effigy

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A model of a person

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Perspicacious

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Insightful; sharp; wise

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Raucous

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Rough and unpleasant (of sounds)

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Congeal

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To solidify or coagulate

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Effusive

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Gushing

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Congenital

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Present from birth

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Nebulous

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Vague

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Belabor

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Explain in unnecessary detail

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Recant

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Disclaim; retract statement

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Subversive

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Rebellious; revolutionary

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Wax

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To increase; to grow

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Beleaguer

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Beaker; attack

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Consecrate

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Dedicate

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Gratis

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Free of charge

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Recapitulate

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Summarize

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Waylay

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Accost; stop; hinder

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for; unwarranted

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Neologism

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Newly coined word

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Whelp

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Young dog