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Exonerate

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Excuse, justify, absolve

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Glean

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To gather slowly, bit by bit

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Zany

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Crazy, Funny

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Languid

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Uninterested, lazy, dull

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Endorse

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Accept, approve, authorize, accredit

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Erudite

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Wise, learned, informed

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Impious

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Irreverent, sacrilegious, not religious

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Inadvertent

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Accidental, unintentional

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Incentive

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Stimulus, motive

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Insinuation

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Hint

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Insurgent

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Rebellious, rebel

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Judicious

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Wise, sage, sagacious

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Lenient

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Not strict, merciful

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Lethargy

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Sluggishness, fatigue, tiredness

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Magnanimous

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Noble, big hearted, generous

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Malleable

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Soft, flexible, yielding

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Melancholy

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Gloomy, mournful

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Misbegotten

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Badly conceived, made, or carried out

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Nebulous

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Hazy, cloudy, unclear, shapeless, vague

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Obsolete

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Outdated, no longer in use, old fashioned

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, mulish, dogged

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Opportune

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Timely, appropriate, lucky, appropriate to time

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Palatable

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Good tasting, savory, agreeable

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Paradox

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Contradiction

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Peddle

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Vend, hawk, sell

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Perjury

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Lies, lying under oath

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Plausible

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Believable, credible, probable

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Profound

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Wise, deep, serious

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Prolific

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Fertile, productive, producing great amounts

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Prophesy

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Predict, foretell, forecast

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Calamity

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Disaster, tragedy

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Encumber

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Bother, burden

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Idiosyncrasy

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Oddity, quirk

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Qualm

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Misgiving, nagging doubt, suspicion

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Tentative

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Uncertain, temporary, imdefinite

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Concur

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Agree, approve, cooperate

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Petulant

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Ill-tempered, crabby, moody

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Brandish

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Wave, exhibit, wield

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Comatose

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Unconscious, sluggish

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Evict

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Eject, dismiss

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Cohesion

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Unite, stick together, union

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Abridge

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Shorten

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Polyglot

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Speaking multiple languages

44
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Polygamous

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Have more than one mate

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Rabble

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Large, mob, crowd, horde

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Rancor

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Animosity, resentment, hatred, malice, spite

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Ratify

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Confirm, affirm, endorse, approve

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Raze

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Demolish, destroy, level

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Recluse

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Hermit, loner, someone who lives far away

50
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Recur

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Return, repeat, to occur again

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Regal

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Royal, splendid, majestic

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Reimburse

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Repay, compensate

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Repartee

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Witty conversation, banter, retort

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Repudiate

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Disown, reject, renounce

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Repugnant

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Distasteful, objectionable

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Revel

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Celebrate, indulge, enjoy

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Saucy

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Impudent, pert, lively, rude, insolent

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Schism

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Disunity, break, division, conflict, clash

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Scrupulous

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Moral, upstanding, virtuous, ethical, conscientious

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Sentry

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Guard, sentinel, watch, lookout

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Solicit

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Request, seek, petition, beg

62
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Splice

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Join, bind, attach

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Spurn

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Refuse, snub

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Squalid

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Dirty, wretched, filthy, sordid

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Squander

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Waste, fritter, away, consume, exhaust

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Staunch

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Firm, sturdy, stable, solid, established, substantial, steadfast

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Stealthy

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Sneaky, secret, furtive

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Surfeit

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Excess, glut

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Susceptible

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Vulnerable, open, exposed

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Synopsis

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Outline, summary

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Tain

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Poison, contaminate, infect, corrupt, debase

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Taut

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Tight, stretched, tense

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Temperate

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Self denying, rational, moderate, restrained

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Tepid

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Lukewarm, temperate, indifferent

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Terse

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Concise, brief, succinct

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Tether

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Tie, fasten

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Torrid

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Hot, parched, sizzling

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Trepidation

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Fright, anxiety, trembling

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Trite

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Banal, common

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Unanimous

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Maximum, fundamental, conclusive, elemental

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Unkempt

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Sloppy, ruffled, disheveled, mess, ragged

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Usurp

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Seize, take by force, grab, steal, snatch

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Vacuous

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Shallow, vapid, silly

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Vehement

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With deep feeling, passionate, earnest

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Vex

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Tease, irritate

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Vitalize

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Animate, vivify

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Vivacious

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Animated, spirited, lively, full of spirit

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Wan

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Lacking color, pale, ashen, bloodless

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Wantonly

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Randomly, indiscrimately

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Zealous

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Fervent, fervid, intense, passionate, enthusiastic, eager

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Fallacy

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Misconception, mistake

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Pragmatic

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Sensible, sober

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Facsimile

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Replica, duplicate

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Concise

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Condensed, short, terse

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Scull

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Racing boat

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Incumbent

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Obligatory

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Sporadic

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Random, scarce, on and off

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Coalesce

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Integrate, come together

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Succinct

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Concise

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Apprehensive

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Fearful, uncertain

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Gully

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Hollow, hole, ditch

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Assertive

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Dogged, positive, demanding, pushy

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Diminutive

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Petite, small, tiny

104
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Frugal

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Thrifty, economical, stingy, scanty

105
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Formidable

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Powerful, overwhelming

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Deluge

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A great flood of something, to overwhelm

107
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Satire

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Sarcasm, ridicule or irony used in order to expose the truth

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