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Tepid

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Showing little enthusiasm

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule

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Disparage

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Regard or represent as being of little worth

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Plausible

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Seeming reasonable or probable

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Multifarious

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Having many varied parts or aspects

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Gesticulate

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Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one’s words

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Tableau

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A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant

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Clandestine

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kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit

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Dissemble

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conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs

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Chastity

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the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse

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Debauchery

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excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Lucid

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expressed clearly; easy to understand

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Sinecure

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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

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Urbane

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courteous and refined in manner

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Queue

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a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

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Odious

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extremely unpleasant; repulsive

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Furtive

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attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive

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Axioms

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a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

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Abject

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experienced or present to the maximum degre

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Proletarian

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workers or working-class people, regarded collectively

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Tacit

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understood or implied without being stated

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Specious

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superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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Futile

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incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

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Vapid

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offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

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Pugnaciously

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eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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Grievous

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very severe or serious

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Raucous

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making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

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Zealot

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a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals

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Esoteric

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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

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Regress

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return to a former or less developed state:

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Incongruous

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not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

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Ostracize

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exclude (someone) from a society or group:

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Utopia

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an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Compare with dystopia.

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Charlatan

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a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud:

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Plight

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a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation:

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Berate

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scold or criticize (someone) angrily:

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Eradicate

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destroy completely; put an end to:

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Inundate

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overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with:

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Masochist

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a person who derives sexual gratification from their own pain or humiliation:

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Innocuous

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not harmful or offensive:

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Austere

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severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance:

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Reticent

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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily:

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Autonomy

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the right or condition of self-government:

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Adamant

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refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind:

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Attrition

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the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure:

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Repugnant

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extremely distasteful; unacceptable:

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Imminent

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about to happen:

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Idiosyncrasy

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a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual:

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Stint

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supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something):

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Scoff

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speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way:

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Contrite

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feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt:

52
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Germane

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relevant to a subject under consideration:

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Exhort

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strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:

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Extricate

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free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty:

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Insidious

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proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects:

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Insinuate

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suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way:

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Fastidious

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very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail:

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Deride

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express contempt for; ridicule:

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Macabre

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disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury:

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Misconstrue

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interpret (something, especially a person’s words or actions) wrongly:

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Quandary

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a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:

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Docile

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ready to accept control or instruction; submissive:

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Commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree; in proportion:

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Vehement

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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense:

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Obtrusive

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noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way:

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Presumptuous

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(of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate:

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Disparity

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a difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair:

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Stringent

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(of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting:

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Verbose

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using or expressed in more words than are needed:

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Adroit

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clever or skillful in using the hands or mind:

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Sordid

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involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt:

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Decorum

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behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety:

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Exorbitant

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(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high:

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Superficial

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existing or occurring at or on the surface:

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Travesty

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a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something:

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Procure

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obtain (something), especially with care or effort:

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Conscript

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enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services:

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Despondent

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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage:

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Disingenuous

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not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does:

80
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Vivisect

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perform vivisection on (an animal) (used only by people who are opposed to the practice):

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Sporadic

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occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated:

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Contingent

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subject to chance:

83
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Fodder

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food, especially dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.

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Rescind

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revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement):

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Relinquish

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voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:

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Megalomania

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obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others.

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Demagogue

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a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument:

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Hegemon

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a supreme leader.

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Estrange

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cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienate:

90
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Sundry

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of various kinds; several:

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Doctrine

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a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group:

92
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Nominal

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(of a role or status) existing in name only:

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Coercion

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the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats:

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Supine

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(of a person) lying face upward

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Commiserate

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express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize:

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Beckon

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make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow:

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Vestigial

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forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable:

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Apt

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appropriate or suitable in the circumstances:

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Rudimentary Gall

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