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absolute

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total

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absolve

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to forgive

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adulterate

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to contaminate, to corrupt

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advent

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arrival; coming; beginning

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allusion

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indirect reference

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aloof

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standoffish, uninvolved

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antipathy

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firm dislike, animosity, abhor

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antipodal

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exactly opposite

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arbitrary

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random, capricious

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arcade

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an arched passageway

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astringent

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harsh; severe; withering

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astute

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shrewd; keen in judgment

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banal

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unoriginal; boring; ordinary; trite

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bandy

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to toss back and forth; to exchange

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blight

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plant disease

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bliss

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perfect contentment; extreme joy

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cache

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a hiding place

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cacophony

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harsh mixture of sounds

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cavalier

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arrogant, haughty

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cavil

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to quibble; to raise trivial objections

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clandestine

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concealed or secret for an evil or subversive purpose

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classic

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top-notched

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complicity

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participation in wrongdoing

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comply

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to act or be in accordance with

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conjure

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to summon as if by magic

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connive

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to cooperate secretly

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cope with

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to deal with successfully

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copious

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abundant

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curb

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to restrain or control

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curfew

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time limit

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dejected

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depressed; disheartened

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delapidated

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broken down; fallen into ruin

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desultory

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without purpose

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detachment

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lack of interest

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dismay

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confusion

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dismay

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agitation of mind; perturbation; alarm

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dotage

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senility; foolish affection

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dour

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forbidding; severe; gloomy

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elusive

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hard to pin down; evasive

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emaciate

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to make extremely thin through starvation or illness

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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epicure

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a person with refined taste in wine or food

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exhaustive

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thorough

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exhort

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to urge strongly

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facile

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skillful in a superficial way

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faction

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a group with a cause

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foible

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minor character flaw, weakness

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folly

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foolishness; insanity; imprudence

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gastronomy

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the art of eating well

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generic

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general; common

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heterogeneous

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varied; mixed

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heyday

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golden age

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impervious

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impenetrable

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impetous

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impulsive; extremely impatient

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indict

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to charge with an offense or crime

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indifferent

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not caring; mediocre

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inquisition

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ruthless questioning; an official investigation characterized with cruelty

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insatiable

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hard or impossible to satisfy

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inviduous

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causing envy or resentment; offensively harmful

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inviolate

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free from injury; pure

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lethargy

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sluggishness

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levity

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lightness

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martyr

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one who dies for a cause

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materialistic

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preoccupied with material things; greedy for possessions

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mores

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customary moral standards

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moribund

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dying

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obeisance

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to bow or curtsy; deep reverence

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obfuscate

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to confuse

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painstaking

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extremely careful

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palatable

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pleasant to the taste; delicious

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paucity

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scarcity

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peccadillo

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minor offense

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placebo

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a fake medication; a fake medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs

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plaintive

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expressing sadness

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predilection

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natural preference

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predispose

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to make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline towards

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proletariat

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industrial working class

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proliferate

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to spread rapidly

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puritanical

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very severe and strict about morals

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purported

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rumored; claimed

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recant

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to publicly deny

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recidivism

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the act of repeating an offense

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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repress

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to keep under control

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rudimentary

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basic

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rue

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to feel sorrow over

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sensual

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devoted to be pleasure

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sensuous

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delighting the senses

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specter

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ghost; phantom

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spectrum

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a broad sequence or range of different but related things or ideas

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substantive

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having substance

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subterfuge

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artifice; a trick or stratagem; a ruse

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tantamount

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equivalent to

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tautological

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redundant

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transient

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temporary

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transitory

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not lasting long

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vapid

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dull; boring

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vehement

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intense

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volition

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will

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voluminous

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large; extensive; having great volume

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