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Allusion

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Reference

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Animosity

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Hostility

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Buoyancy

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Lightness

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Castigated

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To criticize

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Debilitated

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Weaken

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Demagogue

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Political leader

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Dilapidated

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Run down

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Discreet

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Careful

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Disheartened

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Disappointed

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Expurgate

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Remove

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Galling

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Annoying

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Gerrymandering

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Dividing of a state

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Hackneyed

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Commonplace

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Impermeable

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Impassable

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Paradigm

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Model

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Placid

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Calm

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Plasticity

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Flexibility

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Pounce

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Strike

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Recalcitrant

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Disobedient

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Redundancy

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Repeating

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Synthesis

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Combine compose

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Unorthodox

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Unconventional

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Wrongheaded

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Wrong in judgement

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Confound

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Confuse

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Decry

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To condemn openly

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn

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Diminutive

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Small

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Economical

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Thrifty

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Flooding

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Overflowing

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Fluctuation

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Changing

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Halcyon

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Happy

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Invoke

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To request

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Oracular

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Obscure ; prophetic

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Palpitation

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Trembling/ shaking

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Prattle

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Babble

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Prudent

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Careful

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Quiescent

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Being quiet, still, or at rest

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Raconteur

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Story teller

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Renegade

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Traitor

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Respite

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Recess

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Sanctuary

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Shelter

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Synthetic

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Artificial

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Truculent

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Aggressive