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rehabilitate

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purloin

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yardstick

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raison d’être

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disconcerting

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promiscuous

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overbearing/oppressive/domineering/presumptuous/imperious/heavy-handed/high-handed

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fellow traveler

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outcome

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arises/manifests/emerges/appears/springs up/occurs/results/ensues

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sneer

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auspicious

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sneer

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apotheosis

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regimen

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pied-à-terre

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deployment

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befuddled

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nuance

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maitre d’

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oblivious

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mainstay

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vanguard/front line/beachhead/vanguard/outpost

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proliferation

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prolapsed

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provisions

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retrenching

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pedigree

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kreplach

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curmudgeon

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solicitous

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slouch

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telegraphs-signals

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formidable

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subvert

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mingy

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amuse-bouche

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rehabilitation

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parabolic

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paradisal

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top of the menu

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baroque

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accolade

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vaunted

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quintessential

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integrity

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obscenely

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mammothly

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implacable

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anointed

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heirloom

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quintessentially

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comeuppance

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sabotage

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austerity

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resilience

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apocryphal

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rhapsodic

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juxtaposition

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sisyphean

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lumbering

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fulfill

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estimable

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fatuous

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entitlement

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fussy

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degenerate

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watershed

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nonchalant

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negate

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fey

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sporadic

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lewd

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parable

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quell

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fare

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torpid

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chagrined

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profusion

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concoction

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gratuitous

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ethereal

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attributes

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stipulation

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milieu

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diligent

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unearthly

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foreshadowing

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complacency

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gobble

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kludge

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shoestring

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vapid

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morbidly

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placeholder

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conducive

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sisyphus

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cognoscenti

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astute

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intrusive

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revelrous

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fussiness

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propulsive

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revel

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corroborative

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introverted

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appeasement

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manifest

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explicit

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complacent

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tactic

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artisanal

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sago (sappy stuff in thai desserts)

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predilection

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susceptible/prone

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consummate

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latent

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disheartening

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exasperation

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pretext

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vendetta

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deliberately

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broad

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epitome

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surmount

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relevant

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decadent

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ephemeral

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specific

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tribe

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gnarling

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stipulate

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supernal

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bourgeois

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anethamatic

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angles

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astringent

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drab

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fertile

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shudder

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maverick

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predisposition/inclination

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flinch

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pretense

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placate

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reciprocate

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gantlet

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meticulous

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reciprocal

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gregarious

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draw distinction

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pleistocene

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brazen

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landmark/milestone/benchmark/watershed/turning point

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egregious

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grievous

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big-ticket

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behemoth

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whimsical

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irreconcilable

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accommodate/cater to/gratify/oblige/please/serve/facilitate

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compilation

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internecine

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imperious

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austere

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dross

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créme brûlée

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camaraderie

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traffics

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quirky

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prerogative

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opportunity cost (loss of potential gain from other alternatives)

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worthy

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inexplicable

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connoisseurs

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contingency/circumstance/possibility/eventuality/scenario

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overwrought

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dowser

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favor

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scintilla

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affected

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gratuitously

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innately/naturally/inherently

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evocative

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affordable

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provide

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licentious

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errant

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calibrate

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detritus

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obliged

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disturbing

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audacity

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endorse

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bête noire

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realpolitik

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