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sentient

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conscious, alert, able to recognize, aware

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aware, able to recognize, alert, conscious

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sentient

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senile

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failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age

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failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age

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senile

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fetter

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tie up, hold, bind

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tie up, hold, bind

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fetter

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antiquate

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date, archaize, obsolesce, obsolet

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obsolet, obsolesce, archaize, date

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antiquate

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burdensome

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troublesome, demanding, difficult, onerous

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onerous, difficult, demanding, troublesome

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burdensome

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juncture

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turning point, crossroad, choice

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choice, crossroad, turning point

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juncture

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knave

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rascal, bastard, lowlife, fraud

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fraud, lowlife, bastard, rascal

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knave

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compatriot

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fellow countryman, national, fellow citizen

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fellow citizen, national, fellow countryman

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compatriot

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martyr

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sufferer, scapegoat, saint

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saint, scapegoat, sufferer

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martyr

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sibilant

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speech sound, affricate, click

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click, affricate, speech sound

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sibilant

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scintillate

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twinkle, flash, glimmer

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glimmer, flash, twinkle

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scintillate

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sinuous

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winding, twisting, crooked, curved

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curved, crooked, twisting, winding

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sinuous

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scurrilous

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foul-mouthed, vulgar, defamatory, insulting

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insulting, defamatory, vulgar, foul-mouthed

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scurrilous

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ire

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anger, annoyance, displeasure, fury

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fury, displeasure, annoyance, anger

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ire

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disinclination

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unwillingness to do or believe something, aversion, antipathy

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antipathy, aversion, unwillingness to do or believe something

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disinclination

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platitude

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dull, overused saying, banality, bromide

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bromide, banality, overused saying, dull

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platitude

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heedless

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careless, inattentive, reckless

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reckless, inattentive, careless

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heedless

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manifold

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abundant, many, assorted, complex

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complex, assorted, many, abundant

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manifold

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lithe

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flexible, graceful, slender, athletic, slim, agile

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agile, slim, athletic, slender, graceful, flexible

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lithe

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tensile

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flexible, malleable, soft

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soft, malleable, flexible

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tensile

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fortuitous

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lucky, accidental, odd, fortunate, serendipitous

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serendipitous, fortunate, odd, accidental, lucky

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fortuitous

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gangling

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rangy, awkward, bony, gawky

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gawky, bony, awkward, rangy

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gangling

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mimetic

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imitative, counterfeit, emulative

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emulative, counterfeit, imitative

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mimetic

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abject

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hopeless and downtrodden, wretched, base

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base, wretched, hopeless and downtrodden

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abject

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reprisal

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revenge, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

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vengeance, retribution, retaliation, revenge

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reprisal

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retinue

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entourage, band, cortege, crew, escort, followers

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followers, escort, crew, cortege, band, entourage

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retinue

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bountiful

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abundant, ample, lavish, magnanimous, plentiful

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plentiful, magnanimous, lavish, ample, abundant

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bountiful

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ransack

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turn inside out, comb, gut, loot, ravage, plunder

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ravage, loot, gut, comb, turn inside out, plunder

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ransack

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yearling

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suckling, nursling

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nursling, suckling

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yearling

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hatch

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create, plan, breed, come up with, conceive

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conceive, come up with, breed, plan, create

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hatch

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starling

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a protective structure of pillings surrounding a pier of a bridge; any of various kind of Old World passerine bird

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any of various kind of Old World passerine bird; a protective structure of pillings surrounding a pier of a bridge

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starling

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foundling

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orphan, castaway, waif

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waif, castaway, orphan

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foundling

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undulate

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rise and fall, billow, wobble

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wobble, billow, rise and fall

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undulate

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liquefaction

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condensation, dissolution, fusion, dew

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dew, fusion, dissolution, condensation

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liquefaction

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flagrant

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flaunting, blatant, without shame, atrocious

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atrocious, without shame, blatant, flaunting

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flagrant

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benign

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kindly, benevolent, favorable, friendly, gentle

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gentle, friendly, favorable, benevolent, kindly

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benign

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perdition

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hell, abyss, condemnation

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condemnation, abyss, hell

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perdition

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amphibious

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aquatic, floating, marine, maritime

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maritime, marine, floating, aquatic

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amphibious

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guile

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slyness, cleverness, trickery, chicanery

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chicanery, trickery, cleverness, slyness

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guile

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portly

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bulky, fat, beefy, burly, corpulent

80
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burly, beefy, fat, bulky, corpulent

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portly

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zephyr

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air, breath, breeze, wind

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wind, breeze, breath, air

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zephyr

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plethora

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excess, deluge, glut, overabundance, plenty, profusion, surfeit

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surfeit, profusion, plenty, overabundance, glut, deluge, excess

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plethora

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vale

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valley, dale, expression of good-bye

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expression of good-bye, dale, valley

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vale

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nocturne

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serenade, divertimento, song

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song, divertimento, serenade

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nocturne

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harrow

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sack, devastate, spoil

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spoil, devastate, sack

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harrow

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expiate

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make amends for, absolve, appease

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appease, absolve, make amends for

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expiate

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honorarium

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complimentary fee, gratuity

94
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gratuity, complimentary fee

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honorarium

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inoculate

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immunize, inject, vaccinate

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vaccinate, inject, immunize

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inoculate

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exalt

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promote, praise, dignify, extol, glorify, laud

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glorify, extol, dignify, praise, promote, laud

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exalt

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engender

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cause to happen, cause an action, arouse, induce

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induce, arouse, cause an action, cause to happen

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engender

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covet

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desire strongly, crave, envy, lust after

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lust after, envy, crave, desire strongly

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covet

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filibustered

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adjourn, bar, block, prevent, prolong, impede

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impede, prolong, prevent, block, bar, adjourn

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filibustered

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terrarium

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an enclosure for keeping small land animals or to grow plants

106
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an enclosure for keeping small land animals or to grow plants

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terrarium

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neoprene

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wetsuit

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wetsuit

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neoprene

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ravine

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gap in earth’s surface, canyon, chasm, crevasse

110
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crevasse, chasm, canyon, gap in earth’s surface

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ravine

111
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belfries, belfry

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a bell tower, dome, minaret

112
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minaret, dome, a bell tower

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belfries, belfry

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staid

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restrained, set, decorous, dignified, solemn

114
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solemn, dignified, decorous, set, restrained

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staid

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nimble

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dexterous, smart, adept, adroit, bright, deft

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deft, bright, adroit, adept, smart, dexterous

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nimble

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