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miasma

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swamp gas; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence

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prepossessing

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attractive

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lascivious

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lustful

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primogeniture

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seniority by birth; being first born

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incipient

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beginning; in an early stage

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suffuse

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spread through or over (with color or liquid); charge

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herpetologist

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studies reptiles

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epistemologist

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studies nature of knowledge

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titter

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nervous giggles

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terminus

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last stop of railroad; end

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calumniate

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to slander, to present false accusal

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lope

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gallop slowly

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ewe

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female sheep

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heterodox

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against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional

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hovel

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shack

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somatic

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pertaining to the body; physical

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impalpable

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imperceptible; intangible;

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ramify

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to be subdivided; to branch out

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parsimony

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stinginess; frugality

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recreancy

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cowardice

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finery

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special clothes

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luscious

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delicious; pleasing to taste or smell

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badinage

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teasing conversation

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mincing

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dainty; cutting into small pieces; short steps

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larder

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pantry; where food is kept

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stilted

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bombastic; stiffly pompous

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remediable

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reparable

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habituate

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accustom or familiarize; addict

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ventral

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abdominal

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grotto

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small cavern

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putrefy

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to make putrid

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prostrate

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spread out on ground; enervate

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evanescent

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fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing

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bulwark

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strong wall for defense; defense

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exchequer

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treasury

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stipple

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paint or draw with dots or short strokes

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nonplus

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put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex

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insouciant

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without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent

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illusive

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deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive

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jetsam

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things thrown from a ship

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paramour

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illicit lover

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supernumerary

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extra

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catechism

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book for religious instruction, question and answer

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centurion

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roman army officer

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blighted

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suffering from a disease; destroyed

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errant

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wandering; straying from proper moral standards

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macabre

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gruesome; grisly; ghastly

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snivel

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whine; run at the nose; snuffle

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lucubrate

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write in scholarly fashion

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament; composure

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stricture

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severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction

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reprobate

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person hardened in sin; devoid of decency

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din

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continued loud noise

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abrogate

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abolish

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sagacious

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wise, perceptive; shrewd; having insight

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exceptionable

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objectionable

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verisimilitude

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appearance of truth; quality of being true

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fulsome

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disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness

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poignant

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physically painful; distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulation, emotional

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spruce

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neat and trim in appearance

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axiom

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self evident truth

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interdict

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prohibit; forbid

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quadruped

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four-footed animal

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sluggard

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lazy person

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tiller

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handles used to move boat’s rudder

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lassitude

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languor; weariness; listlessness

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prefatory

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introductory

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profane

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violate; desecrate; treat unworthily

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contravene

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contradict; oppose; violate

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thrall

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slave; bondage; slavery

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touchstone

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stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard

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valedictory

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pertaining to farewell

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canter

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slow gallop

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beleaguer

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besiege or attack; harras; beset

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refractory

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unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn

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clapper

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striker of a bell

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winnow

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sift; separate chaff from grain by blowing

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hibernal

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wintery

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stygian

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gloomy, dark

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disaffected

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disloyal; lacking loyalty

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draught

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current of air; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid

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pillory

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to punish, hold up to public scorn

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obsequies

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rites, funeral rites

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plebeian

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common, vulgar, pertaining to the common people

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proscribe

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prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw

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qualify

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to limit

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slipshod

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slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby

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consternation

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great shock and dismay; Sudden confusion or Amazement

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warble

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sing (bird), babble

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baleful

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  1. deadly or sinister

2. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic events

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transmute

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transform

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inscrutable

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incapable of being discovered or understood

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sere

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sear; parched; dry

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dour

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sullen; gloomy; stubborn

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argot

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slang

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epicurean

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believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

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fester

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rankle; irritate; rot

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plenitude

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Abundance, plenty, great, amount, completeness, fullness

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Impertinent

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Insolence, rude, not pertinent

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Husbandry

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Frugality, thrift, economy, agriculture, farming

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ulterior

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Intentionally hidden

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invidious

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Creating ill will or envy

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canny

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shrewd in money matters, thrifty

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Patrician

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Noble, aristocratic

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decant

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Pour off gently

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Incubus

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Burden, problem, mental care, nightmare, mail devil

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Expurgate

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Clean, remove offensive parts of the book

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Patent

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Obvious, easily seen, open for the public to read

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gerontology

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Study of phenomena associated with old age

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Officious

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Mettlesome, pushy in offering one services, overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices

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Opiate

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Medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain, something the release emotions or causes in action, sleep producing drug containing opium

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Harry

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Harass, annoyed, torment, Raid

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niggle

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Spend too much time on minor points, find fault

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Waggish

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Humorous, mischievous, tricky

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frieze

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Ornamental horizontal band on a wall

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Disquisition

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Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report

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germane

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pertinent, appropriate

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Lineaments

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Features especially of the face, distinctive shape or Contour of the face

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Promulgate

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Announce, proclaim a doctrine oarlock, make known by official publication

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Harrow

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To distress, create stress or torment

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Assiduous

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Diligent

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Contemn

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To scorn or despise

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Urgent

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Mischievous child

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Recidivism

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Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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Silt

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Sediment deposited by running water

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Mote

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Small speck

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Insensate

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Without feeling, lacking sense, foolish

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Supplicate

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Petition humbly, pray to grant a favor

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Expound

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Explain

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Scotch

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Stamp out, put an end to, hinder

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Codicil

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Supplement the body of the will, leader addition to a will

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Parvenu

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Upstart, newly rich person

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Pachyderm

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Thick-skinned animal

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Rotunda

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Circular building or hall covered with the dog

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Importune

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Ask incessantly, beg, nag

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Brocade

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Rich, figured fabric

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Colloquy

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Informal discussion, conversation

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Pharisaical

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Self righteous, hypocritical

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Proscribe

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Ostracize, banish, outlaw

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Disconsolate

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Hopelessly sad

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hirsute

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Harry, shaggy

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Mountebank

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Charlatan, boastful pretender

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ratiocination

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Reasoning

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chaffing

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Bantering, joking

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Dally

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Trifle with, toy with, waste time

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Fuddle

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Make stupid or confused as with alcohol

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aureole

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Suns corona, Halo

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Mulct

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swindle

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Sap

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Diminish, weaken

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Emollient

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Soothing or softening remedy

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animadversion

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Critical remark

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Cornice

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Projecting molding on building

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Cory

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Shy, showing a lack of self-confidence, modest, coquettish

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Skinflint

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Miser

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Cadge

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Beg

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littoral

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Pertaining to a coastal region

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Encipher

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Encode, convert a message into code

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arrant

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In every way

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demure

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Grave, quiet and serious, Cory, pretending to be demure

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Inroad

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Hostile invasion, advanced it lessens the quantity or difficulty of something

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Quisling

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traitor who aids invaders

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Prolix

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Long and wordy

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mnemonic

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Pertaining to memory

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Tautology

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A repetition, redundancy

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Rhapsodize

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Speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

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Septic

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Putrid

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Expatiate

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To roam, wander freely

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Tutelary

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Protective, pertaining to guardianship

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Teetotalism

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Abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks

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Frond

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Fernleaf, Palm or banana leaf

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Hortatory

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Encouraging

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Regent

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A person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absence or a child

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Doggerel

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Trivial, poorly constructed verse

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Apotheosis

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Deification, glorification to godliness

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Spoilsport

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One who spoils the pleasure of other

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pert

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Impertinent, forward, trim, jaunty

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Canto

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Division of a long poem

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Proselytize

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Convert to a religion or belief

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Effete

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Having lost ones original power, barren, worn out, exhausted

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Haggard

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Wasted away, gaunt

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ligneous

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Like wood

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prurient

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Having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

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Mollycoddle

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Pamper

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Sallow

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Yellowish and unhealthy looking

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Covenant

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Agreement

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Squelch

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Producing a splashing sound

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Spoonerism

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Accidental transposition of silence in successive word

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Circlet

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Small ring, band of metal

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Evince

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Show clearly

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Defoliate

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Destroying leaves, deprive of leave

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quay

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Dock, wharf

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cavil

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quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily

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Invective

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abuse

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scion

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detached plant shoot used in grafting, descendent

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Rusticate

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Banish to the country

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humus

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Substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter

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deserts

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Someone who deserves

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Hortatory

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Encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation

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bowdlerize

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censor

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Redoubtable

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Formidable, causing fear

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Improvident

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Not providing for the future

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Metrical

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Metric, written in the form of poetry

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Yen

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Strong desire, longing, urge

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Bemused

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Confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

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Piquant

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Agreeably pungent, stimulating

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Ensconce

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Settle comfortably, place comfortably (in a secure place)

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salutary

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Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome

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Eugenic

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Pertaining to the improvement of race

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Shunt

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Divert, turn aside, sidetrack, move from one track to another

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Stint

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To be thrifty, to set limits

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Feckless

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Lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless

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Solicitous

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Anxious, worried, concerned, eager

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Propitiatory

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Conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating

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anneal

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Reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling

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hale

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Healthy

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perigee

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Point of orbit when it’s nearest the earth

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exiguous

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Small an amount, minute

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ken

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Range of knowledge

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redolent

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Odorous, fragrant, suggestive

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factious

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Inclines form factions, causing dissension

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