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Midterms Flashcards

1
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Modulate

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To adjust

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Evolve

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To develop slowly

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Perchance

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Perhaps

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Contingent

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Conditional

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Neologism

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A new word

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6
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Annotation

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Explanatory note

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7
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Protean

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Taking on different forms

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Preposterous

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Absurd

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Eventuality

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Possibility

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11
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Parlance

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Particular manner of speaking

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12
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Appellation

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Name or title

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13
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Sporadic

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Irregular

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Inveterate

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Established

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15
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Proclivity

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Inclination

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16
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Implausible

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Unlikely

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17
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Patios

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Nonstandard dialect

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18
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Eponym

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Study of language

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19
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Transmute

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Change form

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20
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Malleable

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Able to be shaped

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21
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Prone

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Likely

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22
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Inconceivable

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Impossible to grasp

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23
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Polyglot

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Using several languages

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24
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Linguistics

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Study of languages

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25
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Volatile

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Inconstant

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Metamorphosis

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Transformation

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Theoretical

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Unproven

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28
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In vain

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Without success

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29
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Vulgar

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Crude or indecent

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30
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Pivotal

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Crucial

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31
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Converge

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Come together

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32
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Evasion

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Clever avoidance

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33
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Abeyance

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Suspension

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34
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Obfuscate

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Make more difficult

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35
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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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36
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Sequel

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Next

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37
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Crux

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Key point

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38
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Malinger

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Fake illness

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39
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Abstemious

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Bare necessities

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40
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Ruminate

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Think deeply

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Acumen

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Keen insight

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Supersede

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Replace

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Degradation

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Decline

44
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Oblique

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Not direct

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Circumvent

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Go around

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Stymie

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Thwart

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Ascertain

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Discover

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Tangential

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Irrelevant

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Initiate

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To begin

50
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Shirk

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Neglect

51
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Elude

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Avoid capture

52
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Surmise

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To guess

53
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Cerebral

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Of the brain

54
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Terminate

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End

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Penultimate

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Next to last

56
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Shun

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Ignore

57
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Eschew

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Avoid

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Tenet

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Belief

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Faculty

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Ability

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Compliance

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Obedience

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Acquiesce

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Agree

62
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Liability

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Handicap

63
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Accountable

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Responsible

64
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Rebuke

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Criticize

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Aspersions

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Slanders

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Presumptuous

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Boldly improper

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Adamant

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Stubborn

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Mandatory

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Required

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Assiduous

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Conscientious

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Revulsion

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Intense disgust

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Compunction

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Unease due to guilt

72
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Propitiate

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To soothe

73
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Balk

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Stubbornly refuse

74
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Negligence

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Neglect

75
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Default

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To fail

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Scurrilous

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Abusive

77
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Derision

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Ridicule

78
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Tractable

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Manageable

79
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Camaraderie

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Friendliness

80
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Onerous

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Difficult to bear

81
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Feckless

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Ineffective

82
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Spurn

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To reject scornfully

83
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Disapprobation

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Moral disapproval

84
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Volition

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Own free will

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Cantankerous

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Quarrelsome

86
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Remiss

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Careless

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Incumbent

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Duty or obligation

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Virtriolic

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Bitter

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Ostracize

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Shun

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Facile

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Easy

91
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Acuity

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Sharpness

92
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Inept

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Incompetent

93
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Consummate

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Supremely skilled

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Prescient

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Having foresight

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Cunning

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Cleverness

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Proficient

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Expert

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Deft

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Quick and skillful

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Prowess

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Superior strength

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Endowment

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Natural ability

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