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so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

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Banal

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occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way

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Serendipitous

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confused and disconcerted.

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discombobulated

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unable to read or write with ease or fluency

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semiliterate

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providing assistance or care

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Ministrations

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skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

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dexterity

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Lacks in morals; licentious

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Dissolute

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Of or occurring every day; daily. ordinary or every day, especially when mundane.

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Quotidian

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The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm

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scantion

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The action or process of allocating or distributing something.

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Allocation

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a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.

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Tenements

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A way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.

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Permutations

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(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable

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Plausible

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be appropriate, related, or applicable

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Pertain

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curious or inquiring

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Inquisitive

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give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task

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Allot

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the process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it, or one of the times you do it

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Itteration

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Deserve or be worthy of

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Merit

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A person who visits a place often or habitually

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Frequenter

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Provisions from hotels and inns such as food, rooms, and drinks.

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Hostelerie

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Any person who has an uncontrollable and recurring urge to drink alcohol.

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Dipsomaniac

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uncouth and aggressive.

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Loutish

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involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

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Cacophonous

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accustomed (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

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Inured

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to move in a feeble or unsteady way

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Totter

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spread throughout (something) pervade

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Permeate

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27
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form or cause form crystals

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Crystalize

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To assess the value or quality of.

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Appraise

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Intended to make someone less angry or hostile

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Placatory

30
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To Accept something reluctantly but without protest

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Aquisce

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appearing to be one thing when it is really something else

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Ostensibly

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impossible to understand or interpret

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Inscrutable

33
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very little and not enough

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Scant

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marking the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office

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Inaugural

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Of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes

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Simian

36
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of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.

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Meager

37
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having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

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Prurient

38
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a reddish-brown heavy-scented drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic

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Opium

39
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An Indian prince

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Maharaja

40
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a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals

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Throng

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causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.

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Niggling

42
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obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

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Garish

43
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(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency

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Obscene

44
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a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided

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Criterion

45
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establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place

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Ensconce

46
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a situation of hurried and confused movement

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Scurry

47
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mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation

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Equanimity

48
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To give up

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Cede

49
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Something which is about to happen

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Imminent

50
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forbidden by laws, rules, or customs

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Illicit

51
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A bathroom

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Lavatory

52
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relating to or suitable for television.

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Televisual

53
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attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.

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Resplendent

54
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of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

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Trite

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(serving as a symptom or sign, especially of something undesirable.)

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Symptomatic

56
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smelling very unpleasant

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Malodorous

57
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deliberately avoid using; abstain from

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Eschewed

58
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affected by a condition causing the swelling and tortuous lengthening of veins, most often in the legs.

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Varicose

59
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relating existence, especially human existence.

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Existential

60
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the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

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Efficacy

61
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A British term for silly

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Daft

62
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a punishment or fate that someone deserves.

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Comeuppance

63
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not having the normal or natural shape or form.

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Misshapen

64
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reach a climax or point of highest development.

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Culminate

65
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intended for display

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Ostensibly

66
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relating to or characteristic of the former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill

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Churchillian

67
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showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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Insolent

68
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rebuke (someone), especially officially

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Reprimand

69
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an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development

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Embryo

70
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The practice of spying or using spies

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Espionage

71
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to steal something

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Purloin

72
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promoting calm or inducing sleep

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Sedative

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