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Ethereal

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Delicate, fragile, heavenly, elegant

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Indelible

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Can’t be deleted

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Multifarious

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Diverse

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Precocious

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Advance for one’s age, gifted, prodigious

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Insolent

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Impudent, ill-mannered

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Rectitude

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Righteousness

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Empirical

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Firsthand, practical, observed

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Escapist

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Escapes reality and retreats in fantasy

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Tactless

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Insensitive, thoughtless

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Quad

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a four-sided plane figure, especially a square or rectangle.

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Unabashed

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Shameless

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Munch

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Chew, MASTICATE

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Ripple

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Undulation

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Confer

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Consult

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Symposium

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a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.

e.g convivial party

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Hedge n v

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  • Surround

- Equivocate

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Brim with

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Abundantly filled or supplied

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Invective

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Vituperative

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Genealogy

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Lineage

Line of descent

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Converse

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Talk, communicate 
adj opposite (conversed)
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Plumage

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Fur of chickens and ducks

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Pastime

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Hobby

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Inured

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Harden, familiarize, acclimate

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Unravel

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Disentangle

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Hereditary

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Inherited
Bequeathed
Passed-down

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Jaded

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Surfeited

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Discreet

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Careful

Circumspect

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Saccharine

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Sentimental

Mawkish

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Somnolent

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Buồn ngủ

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Avuncular

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Qhe chú cháu

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Improvident

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Hoang phí

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Facetious

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Flippant

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Propitious

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Thuận lợi

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Complacent

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Thoả mãn

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Roost

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Trọ qua đêm

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Concatenation

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Sự trùng hợp

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Forage

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Hái

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Incubate

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Ấp

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Ineluctable

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Inescapable

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Cull

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Select from large quantity

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Miff

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Annoy

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Feign

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Làm giả

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Unassuming

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Khiêm tốn

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Affront

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Chửi rửa

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Appurtenance

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Sự phụ thuộc

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Granular

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Nhỏ

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Hereditary

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Inherent

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Inchoate

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Fledgling

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Inherent

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Permanent, essential

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Blasé

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Thờ ơ

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Insouciance

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Indifference

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Unfazed

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Not perturbed

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Prowess

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Dũng cảm

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Contrite

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Regret

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Intransigent

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Adamant

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Referendum

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Chưng cầu dân ý

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Quartet

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Tứ tấu

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Erstwhile

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Former

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Matrilineal

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Based on kinship with mother

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Inveterate

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Long-establishes habit

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Profuse

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Nhiều

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Compendious

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Succinct, pithy

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Bountiful

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Abundant

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Pejorative

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Disparaging, belittling

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Cathartic

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Purging of emotions, reliving emotional tension

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Trenchant

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Incisive, cutting

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

Incapable of being impaired

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Meddle

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Chúi mũi vào việc ng khác

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Dalliance

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Dawling

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Treacly

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Unrestrained

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Smugness

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Tự mãn

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Seditious

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Rebellious

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Insurrectionist

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Rebel

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Plummet

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Depress

Weigh down

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Slump

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Collapse

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Tribulation

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Suffering

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Recommence

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Restart

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Vitiate

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Debase

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Frolicsome

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Merrily playful

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Trove

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Collection

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Engrossing

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Absorbing all attention/interest

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Purportedly

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Allegedly

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Entourage

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Group of popl surrounding an important person

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Overhaul

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Examine thoroughly

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Finagle (v)

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Trick, swindler, cheat

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Canvass

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Obtain, request

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Hubris

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Overweening pride

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Rambunctious

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Wildly, boisterous

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Dispatch

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Promptness

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Occlusion

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Closure

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Estrangement

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Alienate the affections of

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Unerring

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Undeviatingly accurate

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Dissolute

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Licentious

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Progenitor

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Ancestor

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Knack

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Talent

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Aphorism

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Pithy sayings

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Epistle

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Didactic letter

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Locution

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Word or phrase

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Breach

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Vi phạm

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Primacy

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Importance