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Thwarted

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Opposed successfully

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause or interruption (unpleasant)

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Unremitting

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Never relaxing or slacking, incessant

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Irrevocable

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Impossible to take back or reverse

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Assiduous

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Diligent

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Impregnable

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Undefeatable

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Ratification

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Approval

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Gainsaying

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Denying

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Subverted

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To undermine the morals or integrity

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Inure

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Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant; familiarize

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Inscrutable

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Not readily understood

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Expediency

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Quality of being self-serving

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Recondite

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Obscure, little known

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Ingratiate

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To place oneself in someone’s favor

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Eponyms

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Person after whom something is named, such as an invention or a discovery

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Aggregated

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Collected OR to form group/cluster

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Laconic

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Concise

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Sedulous

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Persistent

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Sectarian

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Narrow-minded

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Prurient

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Lewd

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Providential

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Very lucky

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Impecunious

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Penniless

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Insolvent

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Penniless

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Incendiary

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Inflammatory

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Prosaic

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Factual, dull, unimaginative

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Abhorred

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Hated

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Contrived

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Made or managed in a clever way or despite difficulty

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Illustrious

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Famous for being good