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Cultivate

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Adapt something wild to the environment

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Wherewithal

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The necessary means (especially financial means)

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Contemplative

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Deeply or seriously thoughtful

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Preeminent

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Greatest in importance, degree, or significance

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Cantankerous

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Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

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Relegate

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Assign to a lower position

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Palatial

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Relating to or being a large and stately residence

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Rousing

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Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement

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Nomad

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A group of a people who have no permanent home

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Desolate

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Providing no shelter or sustenance

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Foolhardy

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Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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Diminutive

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A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness

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13
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Centrifugal

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Tending to move away from the middle

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Wheedle

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Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering

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Evasive

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Deliberately vague or ambiguous

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Corrugated

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Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

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Cajole

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persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

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Pithy

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Concise and full of meaning

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Scuttle

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Move about or proceed hurriedly

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Vagrant

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A wanderer with no established residence or means of support