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homogeneous

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adj. uniform; of the same kind

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hypothesis

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n. a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation
adj. hypothetical

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vanguard

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n. leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend

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prominent

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adj. noticeable; widely known

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abscond

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v. to go away hastily and secretly; to hide

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coin

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v. to devise a new word or phrase

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aback

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adv. by surprise

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zenith

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n. maximum; the highest point

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amicable

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adj. showing friendliness or good will

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recondite

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adj. not easily understood

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fete

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n. lavish entertainment; a festival

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implicate

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v. to incriminate; to show or suggest involvement

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contradict

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v. to assert the opposite of (a statement)
n. contradiction
adj. contradictory

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ominous

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adj. threatening harm; showing evil

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disseminate

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v. to scatter widely; (of information) to make known

n. dissemination

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criterion

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n. a measurable value; a standard for judging

pl. criteria

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gregarious

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adj. seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group

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concerted

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adj. planned or accomplished together

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prodigy

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n. one with exceptional talents

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flank

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n. the side of the body (between the ribs and hips); a cut of meat feom an animal’s flank; v. to attack the side of; to protect the side of; to be situated on both sides
v. to flank

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acumen

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n. quickness and accuracy of judgment or insight

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coincide

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v. to occur at the same time or be at the same place; to agree exactly

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delineate

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v. to draw the outline of of; describe in words or gestures

n. delineation

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grisly

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adj. inspiring horror because of appalling crudity or inhumanity; gruesome

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plight

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n. sad situation

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malevolent

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adj. showing hatred; dangerous

n. malevolence

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multifarious

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adj. having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied

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heterodox

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adj. not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma

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canvass

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v. to ask for votes, opinions, etc.; to examine or discuss in detail

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impede

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v. to obstruct

n. impediment

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accord

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n. agreement

n. accordance

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redress

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v. to set right; to remedy

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concede

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v. to acknowledge as true

n. concession

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licentious

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adj. not moral; lawless; lewd

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exude

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v. to five off; to emit; to radiate

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impugn

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v. to challenge; to call into question

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shroud

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v. to conceal; n. something that covers

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disclose

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v. to reveal

n. disclosure

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fulminate

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v. to issue a strong verbal attack

n. fulmination

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exult

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v. to rejoice greatly
adj. exultant
n. exultation

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tally

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v. to count; to add

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fortitude

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n. strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity

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hackneyed

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adj. made trite and commonplace by overuse

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tenuous

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adj. weak; thin

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fatuous

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adj. smugly foolish; complacently stupid

n. fatuity

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symposium

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n. a meeting to discuss a topic, esp. where the participants form the audience and make presentations
pl. symposia

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secede

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v. to withdraw formally from an alliance or membership

n. secession

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bathos

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n. an excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect

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refurbish

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v. to make clean or bright again

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confluence

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n. joining together of different streams

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overwrought

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adj. extremely nervous or excited

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recapitulate

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v. to summarize; to paraphrase

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sedulous

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adj. working hard and steadily; diligent

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transparent

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adj. obvious; undisguised

n. transparency

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rhapsody

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n. a state of great happiness; such a state expressed in speech or writing
adj. rhapsodic
v. rhapsodize

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self-abnegation

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n. the putting aside of personal interest for the sake of others
adj. self-abnegating

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punitive

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adj. inflicting or intended to inflict punishment

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somnolent

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adj. sleepy

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abjure

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v. to renounce under oath; to give up or deny

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hone

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v. to sharpen; to make more effective

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sardonic

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adj. bitterly sneering; mocking

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subtle

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adj. not immediately obvious; hard to understand

n. subtlety

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debase

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v. to make lower in value, quality, or character

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slipshod

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adj. marked by carelessness or casual attention to detail; sloppy

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bureaucracy

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n. a group of officials and administrators, esp. of a government
n. bureaucrat
adj. bureaucratic

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nirvana

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n. a place of ideal peace and harmony

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proclivity

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n. a natural or habitual tendency or inclination

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canny

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adj. clever and cautious

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refractory

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adj. stubbornly resistant to control, authority, or treatment

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tremulous

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adj. shaking; fearful

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intricate

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adj. elaborately detailed

n. intricacy

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raze

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v. to demolish; to flatten to ground level

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opprobium

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n. a bad reputation or disgrace gained after a specific action

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pariah

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n. a social outcast

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pantheon

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n. all the gods of a people; a group highly respected in a field

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scourge

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n. a cause of widespread suffering

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abound

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v. to be plentiful

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coy

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adj. bashful; shy; quiet; pretending to be shy

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resign

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v. to accept a bad situation

n. resignation

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feat

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n. an act or accomplishment showing skill

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primate

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n. a bishop of highest rank in a country or province

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reverie

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n. a daydream

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umbrage

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n. offense; resentment

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auditory

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adj. relating to the sense of hearing

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propensity

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n. a natural inclination; a tendency

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rejoinder

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v. an answer, esp. to another answer

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defame

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v. to attack a person’s reputation; to slander

n. defamation

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renegade

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n. someone who rejects one group, cause, or allegiance for another

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humdrum

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adj. dull; routine; commonplace

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solicit

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v. to ask for; to seek

n. solicitation

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sojourn

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n. a brief visit

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truculent

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adj. inclined to fight; expressing violence of hostility

n. truculence

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perspicacious

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adj. having keen perception or understanding

n. perspicacity

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moribund

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adj. approaching death; nearly obsolete

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heresy

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n. deviation from church doctrine or from an established belief
adj. heretical

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credible

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adj. capable of being believed

n. credibility

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poise

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n. self-assurance; composure; equilibrium

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bellicose

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adj. warlike

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oscillate

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v. to move back and forth regularly

n. oscillation

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recreant

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adj. showing faithless disloyalty; n. a disloyal coward

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mandarin

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n. a high government official; a member of an elite group, esp. having high status in intellectual or cultural circles

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prevalent

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adj. dominant; widespread

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mayhem

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n. deliberate injury of someone, esp. maiming; a state of violent chaos

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obtrude

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v. to push forward; to impose (oneself or ideas) on others

adj. protrusive

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convey

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v. to carry or transmit; to communicate

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pervade

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v. to spread through or be present throughout

adj. pervasive

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forte

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n. something at which a person excels

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mercenary

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adj. greedy; motivated; motivated by desire for money

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parsimony

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n. excessive care in spending; stinginess

adj. parsimonious

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pedantic

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adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
n. pedant

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precursor

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n. someone or something that comes before another and announces or suggests what is to come

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sententious

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adj. expressing much in few words; given to pompous moralizing

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opaque

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adj. not letting in light; unintelligible

n. opacity

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passé

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adj. old fashioned; out-of-style

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manacles

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n. shackles; handcuffs

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nonpareil

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adj. having no equal

n. nonpareil

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oust

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v. to eject or expel

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commence

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v. to begin

n. commencement

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mesmerize

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v. to hypnotize or spellbind

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menagerie

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n. a collection of wild and strange animals kept in cages

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pious

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adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation

adj. piety

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venture

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v. to take a risk; to dare; to dare to go

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nascent

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adj. coming into being; being born

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docile

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adj. easy to teach; submissive

n. docility

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millennium

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n. a period of 1,000 years

adj. millennial; pl. millennia

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obliging

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adj. ready to do favors; helpful; courteous

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whimsical

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adj. not able to be predicted; constantly changing

n. whimsy

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nomenclature

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n. a specialized list of terms, words or names

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redeem

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v. to turn in and receive something in exchange; to make up for
n. redemption

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pronounced

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adj. strongly marked; clearly indicated

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patent

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adj. obvious; evident

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venerate

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v. to look upon with respect and honor

n. veneration

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reprehensible

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adj. deserving to be severely criticized

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harrowing

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adj. very distressing; painful

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acoustics

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n. science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

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collaborate

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v. to work together, esp. at an intellectual effort

n. collaboration

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rectitude

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n. conduct according to moral principles

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panacea

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n. a cure-all or an all-purpose solution

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squander

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v. to spend wastefully

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subservient

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adj. subordinate in function; obsequious

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capsize

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v. to overturn

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shiftless

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adj. lazy; lacking ambition

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raucous

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adj. loud and harsh

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assert

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v. to state confidently
n. assertion
adj. assertive

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surmise

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v. to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence; n. such an inference

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objective

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adj. having actual existence or reality; not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice

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tamper

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v. to interfere, esp. in order to damage or weaken

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eschew

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v. to avoid; to shun

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tractable

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adj. easily managed or controlled

ant. intractable

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fortuitous

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adj. occurring by chance (either positive or negative)

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notorious

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adj. having a bad reputation

n. notoriety

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travesty

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n. an imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous

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sycophant

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n. one who seeks favor by flattery people of wealth or influence
adj. sycophantic

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fertile

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adj. producing abundantly; prolific

n. fertility

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appease

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v. to satisfy or attempt to satisfy demands by granting concessions

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inept

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adj. without skill; absurd or foolish

n. ineptitude

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secrete

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v. to put or keep in a hiding place; to conceal

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entrepreneur

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n. a person who starts and manages a business

adj. entrepreneural

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saunter

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v. to walk in a leisurely manner

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rapture

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n. the experience of great joy, ecstasy

adj. rapturous

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obscure

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adj. lacking light; dim; dark

n. obscurity

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wheedle

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v. to persuade or obtain through flattery or cunning

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grandeur

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n. magnificence; splendor

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reiterate

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v. to repeat

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prodigious

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adj. wonderful; amazing; very big

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alloy

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n. a mixture, esp. of two or more metals

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scoff

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v. to make fun of; to ridicule

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gaudy

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adj. characterized by tasteless or showy colors

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surreptitious

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adj. done secretly, often of something unseemly or unethical

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circumvent

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v. to go around; bypass; to surround

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metamorphosis

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n. a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function
v. metamorphose

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malicious

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adj. spiteful

n. malice

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symbiotic

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adj. involving a close relationship of mutual dependence

n. symbiosis

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stentorian

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adj. extremely loud

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propaganda

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n. material distributed by those in favor of a specific cause and reflecting their point of view

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frolic

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v. to behave playfully and without inhibition

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quiver

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v. to shake; to tremble from fear or cold

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juxtapose

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v. to put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast

n. juxtaposition

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zephyr

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n. a gently, soft breeze

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bawdy

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adj. indecent or humorously coarse; lewd

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futile

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adj. having no useful result

n. futility

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acronym

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n. a word created by initials

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agenda

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n. a list of things to be done

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vivacious

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adj. full of animation

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emissary

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n. a person sent on a mission to represent another

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surrogate

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n. a substitute

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vituperative

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adj. harshly critical
n. vituperation
v. vituperate

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regress

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v. to return to a previous state

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byzantine

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adj. highly complicated or intricate, characterized by devious plotting

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dogged

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adj. refusing to give up despite difficulties

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contentious

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adj. always ready to argue; quarrlesome

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abate

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v. to lessen in amount, intensity, or strength

n. abatement

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glee

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n. joy; happiness

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wily

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adj. full of cunning

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wizened

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adj. wrinkled from aging

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trenchant

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adj. keen and forceful; caustic

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agitate

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v. to move violently; to disturb

n. agitation

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aspersion

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n. a remark that attacks one’s reputation

v. asperse

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conjure

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v. to summon or influence by, or as if by, magic

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Q

unfledged

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adj. not yet grown; immature; undeveloped

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