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Accolade

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Merit, award

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Assent

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Agree

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Adherent

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Supporter

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Adulation

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Flattery

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Affinity

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Natural liking

Kinship

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Apocryphal

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Untrue, made up

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Arable

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Fit for growing crops

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable

Randomly selected

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Ardor

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Heat, passion, zeal

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Ascendancy

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Controlling influence

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Belie

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Give false impression

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Bequeath

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Leave to someone by a will

Hand down

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Braggart

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Boastful person

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Brawn

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Muscular strength

Sturdiness

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Blasphemy

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Sacrilege

Irreverence

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Clamor

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Noise

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Commemorate

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Honor the memory of

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Condone

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Forgive

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Confound

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Confuse, puzzle

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Conscientious

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Scrupulous

Careful

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Contagion

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Infection

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Cordial

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Gracious

Heartfelt

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Precursory

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Preceding in time

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Dawdle

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Loiter, waste time

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Deference

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Courteous regard for another’s wish

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Decorum

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Propriety

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Defiance

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Refusal to yield

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Deplore

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Regret strongly

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Despot

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Tyrant

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Deterrant

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Hindrance

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Discount

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Disregard

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Discursive

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Digressing

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Aberrant

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Abnormal

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Doctrine

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Teaching principles

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Dogmatic

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Opinionated
Arbitrary
Doctrinal

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Ebb

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Recede, lessen

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Epicure

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Connoisseur of food and drinks

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Episodic

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Loosely connected

Occurring at intervals

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Exhaustive

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Comprehensive

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Expedient

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Practical

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Expository

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Explanatory

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Fanaticism

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Excessive zeal

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Fervor

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Intensity of feeling

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Forestall

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Prevent by taking action in advance

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Founder

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Fail completely, sink

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Galvanize

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Stimulate by shock

Stir up

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Garbled

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Mixed up, distorted

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Haughtiness

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Pride

Arrogance

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Heed

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Pay attention ti

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Heydey

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Prime

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Hoard

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Accumulate for future use

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Hone

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Sharpen

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Husband

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Converse

Save

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Impair

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Injure

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Impervious

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Incapable of being damaged or distressed

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Impetuous

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Violent

Hastrash

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Incisive

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Sharp

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Incorrigible

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Uncorrectable

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Ingrate

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Ungrateful

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Insinuate

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Hint, imply

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Insolvent

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Bankrupt

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Insuperable

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Insurmountable

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Instigate

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Urge

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Kindle

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Start a fire

Inspire

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List

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Tilt

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Listlessness

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Lack of energy

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Lofty

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Very high

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Magnate

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Person of prominence and influence

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Marred

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Damaged

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Morbid

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Given to unwholesome thought
Moody
Characteristic of disease

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Mutability

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Ability to change in form

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Negate

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Nullify

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Nonchalance

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Indifference

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Nonentity

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Person of no important

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Novelty

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Newness

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Officious

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Meddlesome

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way

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Parry

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Deflect

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Perjury

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False testimony under oath

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Pliant

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Easily influenced

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Ponderous

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Weighty

Unwieldy

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Precarious

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Uncertain

Risky

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Precipitous

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Steep

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Predecessor

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Ng tiền nhiệm

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Preposterous

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Absurd

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Profane

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violate
Desecrate
Treat unworthily

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Profusion

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Overabundance

Lavish expenditure

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Propitious

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Favorable

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Purse

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Bĩu môi

Contract into wrinkle

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Qualified

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Limited

Restricted

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Quandary

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Dilemma

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Rant

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Scold

Make a grandiloquent speech

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Ratify

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Verify

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Receptive

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quick, willing to receive ideas

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Relish

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Savor

Enjoy

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Renegade

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Deserter

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Rescind

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Cancel

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Scanty

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Meager

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Sectarian

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Religious faction/ subgroup

Narrow-minded/ limited

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Sever

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Separate

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Somber

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Gloomy, depressing

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Spurn

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Reject

Scorn

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Squalor

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Filth

Degradation

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Squander

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Waste

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Strident

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Loud and harsh

Insistent

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Strut

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Pompous walk

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Supplant

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Replace

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Swindler

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Cheat

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Tangential

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Digressing

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Tentative

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Doubtful
Provisional
Experimental

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Threadbare

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Shabby and poor

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Torpor

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Lethargy

Dormancy

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Vilify

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Slander

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Vindicate

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Clear from blame

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Vindictive

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Out for revenge

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