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penury

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poverty, barrenness, dearth, destitution, indigence

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indigence, destitution, dearth, barrenness, poverty

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penury

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emissary

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deputy, envoy, go-between, intermediary, messenger

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messenger, intermediary, go-between, envoy, deputy

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emissary

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denizen

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resident, dweller, inhabitant, occupant

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occupant, inhabitant, dweller, resident

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denizen

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miscreant

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evil, immoral, criminal

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criminal, immoral, evil

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miscreant

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ensconce

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hide, tuck away, situate, stash, bury, cache

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cache, bury, stash, situate, tuck away, hide

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ensconce

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beleaguer

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harass, besiege, annoy, bedevil, beset, plague

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plague, beset, bedevil, annoy, besiege, harass

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beleaguer

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winnow

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blow away, fan, puff, scatter, stir

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stir, scatter, puff, fan, blow away

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winnow

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posh

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luxurious, upper-class, chic, classy, deluxe, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, grand, high-class, ritzy, swank, la-di-da

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la-di-da, swank, ritzy, high-class, grand, fashionable, exclusive, elegant, deluxe, classy, chic, upper-class, luxurious

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posh

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derivate

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secondary, auxiliary, dependent, resultant, subordinate, subsidiary

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subsidiary, subordinate, resultant, dependent, auxiliary, secondary

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derivate

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tenuous

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weak, thin, delicate, dubious, flimsy, insubstantial, nebulous, questionable, shaky, sketchy

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sketchy, shaky, questionable, nebulous, insubstantial, flimsy, dubious, delicate, thin, weak

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tenuous

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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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pliancy

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flexibility, affability, bounce, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility

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ductility, docility, compliance, complaisance, bounce, affability, flexibility

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pliancy

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intrepid

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brave, nervy, courageous, fearless, heroic, plucky, spunky

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spunky, plucky, heroic, fearless, courageous, nervy, brave

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intrepid

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inadvertent

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accidental, careless, reckless, unintended, unintentional, unwitting

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unwitting, unintentional, unintended, reckless, careless, accidental

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inadvertent

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discomfit

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defeat, frustrate, confuse, demoralize, disconcert, perplex, vex

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vex, perplex, disconcert, demoralize, confuse, frustrate, defeat

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discomfit

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castigate

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criticize severely, berate, censure, chastise, criticize, excoriate, flog, lambaste, lash, penalize, pummel, punish, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid

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upbraid, scold, reprimand, rebuke, punish, pummel, penalize, lash, lambaste, flog, excoriate, criticize, chastise, censure, berate, criticize severely

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castigate

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demented

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crazy, insane, deranged, hysterical, mad, maniacal, manic, psychotic, unhinged

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unhinged, psychotic, manic, maniacal, mad, hysterical, deranged, insane, crazy

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demented

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oaf

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person who is clumsy, stupid, beast, blunderer, bruiser, brute, chump, clod, clown

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clown, clod, chump, brute, bruiser, blunderer, beast, stupid, person who is clumsy

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oaf

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ogre

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nasty person, fiend, demon, devil, giant

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giant, devil, demon, fiend, nasty person

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ogre

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impost

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tariff, assessment, charge, custom, duty, fee, levy

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levy, fee, duty, custom, charge, assessment, tariff

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impost

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alcove

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nook, secluded spot, compartment, cubicle

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cubicle, compartment, secluded spot, nook

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alcove

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anathema

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something hated, bane, pariah

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pariah, bane, something hated

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anathema

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preponderance

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great numbers, supremacy, predominance, prevalence

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prevalence, predominance, supremacy, great numbers

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preponderance

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perforate

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make a hole in, puncture, bore, drill, drive

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drive, drill, bore, puncture, make a hole in

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perforate

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vitiate

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cancel, annihilate, negate, quash

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quash, negate, annihilate, cancel

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vitiate

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elliptical

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oval-shaped, ovoid

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ovoid, oval-shaped

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elliptical

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truculent

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belligerent, hateful, abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered

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bad-tempered, antagonistic, aggressive, abusive, hateful, belligerent

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truculent

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pernicious

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bad, hurtful, damaging, dangerous, deadly, destructive, detrimental, devastating, harmful, lethal, malicious, nefarious, noxious, poisonous, ruinous, toxic, virulent

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virulent, toxic, ruinous, poisonous, noxious, nefarious, malicious, lethal, harmful, devastating, detrimental, destructive, deadly, dangerous, damaging, hurtful, bad

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pernicious

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abstemious

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restraining behaviour or appetite, abstinent, ascetic, austere

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austere, ascetic, abstinent, restraining behaviour or appetite

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abstemious

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caveat

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warning, admonition

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admonition, warning

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caveat

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oleander

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a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant white, rose or purple flowers

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a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant white, rose or purple flowers

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oleander

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patagium

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a thin membrane extending between the body and a limb to form a wing or winglike extension

Greek: patageion = clatter, of imitative origin

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a thin membrane extending between the body and a limb to form a wing or winglike extension

Greek: patageion = clatter, of imitative origin

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patagium

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turgid

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swollen, bloated, distended, inflated, puffy

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puffy, inflated, distended, bloated, swollen

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turgid

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quarantine

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isolation, detention, lazaretto, seclusion

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seclusion, lazaretto, detention, isolation

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quarantine

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peremptory

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overbearing, authoritative, absolute, arbitrary, autocratic

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,autocratic, arbitrary, absolute, authoritative, overbearing

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peremptory

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nebulous

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confused, obscure, ambiguous, amorphous, hazy, imprecise, murky, shadowy, vague

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vague, shadowy, murky, imprecise, hazy, amorphous, ambiguous, obscure, confused

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nebulous

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truncated

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shorten, abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut short

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cut short, curtail abridge, abbreviate, shorten

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truncated

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vitriolic

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bitter, acerbic, antagonistic, caustic, scathing

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scathing, caustic, antagonistic, acerbic, bitter

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vitriolic

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inauspicious

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ominous, unpromising, unfortunate, baleful

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baleful, unfortunate, unpromising, ominous

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inauspicious

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inauspicious

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ominous, unpromising, unfortunate, baleful

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copious

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abundant, ample, extensive

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extensive, ample, abundant

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copious

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copious

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abundant, ample, extensive

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gore

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bloodshed, carnage, slaugther

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slaughter, carnage, bloodshed

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gore

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brawn

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muscular strength and breadth, beef, clout, energy, flesh

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flesh, energy, clout, beef, muscular strength and breadth

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brawn

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ardent

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very enthusiastic, avid, fervent, fierce, impassioned, intense, keen, passionate, vehement, zealous

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zealous, vehement, passionate, keen, intense, impassioned, fierce, fervent, avid, very enthusiastic

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ardent

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craven

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weak, timid, mean-spirited, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless

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gutless, fearful, dastardly, cowardly, mean-spirited, timid, weak

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craven

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circuitous

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going around, indirect, devious, labyrinthine, meandering, rambling, tortuous

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tortuous, rambling, meandering, labyrinthine, devious, indirect, going around

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circuitous

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juggernaut

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overpowering force, barrage, cavalcade, campaign, steamroller, blitz

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blitz, steamroller, campaign, cavalcade, barrage, overpowering force

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juggernaut

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imprecation

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blasphemy, curse, malediction

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malediction, curse, blasphemy

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imprecation

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cabal

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plot, conspiracy, intrigue, scheme

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scheme, intrigue, conspiracy, plot

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cabal

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oeuvre

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body of work, opus, output, work

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work, output, opus, body of work

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oeuvre

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encomium

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compliment, accolade, commendation, eulogy, panegyric, praise, salutation

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salutation, praise, panegyric, eulogy, commendation, accolade, compliment

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encomium

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torrential

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overflowing, teeming, abounding, swarming

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swarming, abounding, teeming, overflowing

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torrential

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unwieldy

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awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbersome, inconvenient, massive, onerous, ponderous, ungainly, unmanageable

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unmanageable, ungainly, ponderous, onerous, massive, inconvenient, cumbersome, clumsy, burdensome, bulky, awkward

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unwieldy

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reclusive

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unsociable, cloistered, isolated

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isolated, cloistered, unsociable

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reclusive

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sundry

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miscellaneous, assorted, various

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various, assorted, miscellaneous

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sundry

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subservient

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extremely compliant, deferential, inferior, submissive

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submissive, inferior, deferential, extremely compliant

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subservient

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subversive

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rebellious, destructive, incendiary, riotous, insurgent

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insurgent, riotous, incendiary, destructive, rebellious

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subversive

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rapturous

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ecstatic, delightful, euphoric, delighted, enchanted

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enchanted, delighted, euphoric, delightful, ecstatic

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rapturous

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elated

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very happy, delighted, ecstatic, enchanted, euphoric, excited, exultant, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, proud

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proud, overjoyed, jubilant, joyful, exultant, excited, euphoric, enchanted, ecstatic, delighted, very happy

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elated

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obstinate

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stubborn, determined, adamant, dogmatic, headstrong, inflexible, intransigent, recalcitrant, steadfast, tenacious, unyielding, willful

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willful, unyielding, tenacious, steadfast, recalcitrant, intransigent, inflexible, headstrong, dogmatic, adamant, determined, stubborn

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obstinate

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indemnity

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reimbursement, compensation, repayment, restitution

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restitution, repayment, compensation, reimbursement

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indemnity

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annulment

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voiding an agreement, abolition, abrogation, breakup, cancellation, deletion, dissolution, nullification, repeal, retraction, reversal, revocation

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revocation, reversal, retraction, repeal, nullification, dissolution, deletion, cancellation, breakup, abrogation, abolition, voiding an agreement

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annulment

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This one’s for all you dreamers, visionaries, innovators, makers, hackers, creators, idealists, and thinkers!
To you beautiful people with your heads in the clouds.
The ones who solve, when most whine, and the ones who get a bigger piece of the pie by making the pie bigger.
The ones who create something where it was not before.

Here’s to you!

A

Where is it written that all our dreams must be small?

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