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Bulwark

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  1. Noun: a wall, a fortification

2. Noun: a principal that acts as a defense

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Odious

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Adj: hateful

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Rife

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Adj: common

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Affable

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Adj: friendly, easygoing

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Degradation

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Noun: poverty, deprivation

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Officious

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Adj: domineering, intrusive

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Deleterious

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Adj: harmful

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Postulate

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Verb: to hypothesize

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Tractable

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Adj: obedient, dutiful

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Burnish

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Verb: to polish

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Euphony

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Noun: Pleasant sounds

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Levity

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Noun: flippancy, joking about serious matters

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Olfactory

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Noun: concerned with the sense of smell

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Idiosyncrasy

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Noun: something particular to an individual

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Allay

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Verb: to lessen

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