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abridge

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Abbreviated communication

terse

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compendium

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Abbreviated communication

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cursory

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Abbreviated communication

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curtail

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Abbreviated communication

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terse

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Abbreviated communication

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apace

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Act quickly

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headlong

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Act quickly

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impetuous

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Act quickly

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precipitate

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Act quickly

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abet

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assist

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ancillary

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assist

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bolster

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assist

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countenance

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assist

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espouse

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assist

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mainstay

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assist

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munificent

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assist

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proponent

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assist

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stalwart

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assist

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sustenance

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assist

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bilious

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Bad mood

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dudgeon

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bad mood

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irascible

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Bad mood

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pettish

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bad mood

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petulant

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Bad mood

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pique

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bad mood

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querulous

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Bad mood

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umbrage

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bad mood

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waspish

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Bad mood

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dilettante

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beginner/amateur

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neophyte

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beginner/amateur

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novitiate

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beginner/amateur

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proselyte

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beginner/amateur

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tyro

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beginner/amateur

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burgeoning

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Beginning/young

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callow

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Beginning/young

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engender

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Beginning/young

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inchoate

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Beginning/young

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incipient

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Beginning/young

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nascent

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Beginning/young

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audacious

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bold

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dauntless

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bold

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intrepid

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bold

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banal

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boring

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fatuous

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boring

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hackneyed

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boring

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insipid

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boring

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platitude

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boring

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prosaic

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boring

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quotidian

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boring

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trite

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boring

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carousal

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Drunken rivalry

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bacchanalian

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carousal

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debauchery

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carousal

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iniquity

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carousal

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libidinous

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carousal

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reprobate

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carousal

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ribald

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carousal

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salacious

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carousal

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turpitude

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carousal

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capricious

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Changing quicklye

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mercurial

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changing quickly

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volatile

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Changing quickly

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counterpart

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copy

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facsimile

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copy

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factitious

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copy

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quintessence

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copy

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aspersion

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criticize

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calumny

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criticize

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castigate

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criticize

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decry

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criticize

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defame

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criticize

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deride

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criticize

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diatribe

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criticize

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disparage

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criticize

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excoriate

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criticize

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gainsay

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criticize

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harangue

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criticize

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impugn

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criticize

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inveigh

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criticize

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lambaste

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criticize

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objurgate

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criticize

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obloquy

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criticize

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opprobrium

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criticize

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pillory

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criticize

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rebuke

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criticize

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remonstrate

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criticize

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reprove

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criticize

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tirade

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criticize

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vituperate

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criticize

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cadaver

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Death/morning

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defunct

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Death/morning

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dolorous

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Death/morning

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elegy

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Death/morning

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knell

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Death/morning

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lament

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Death/morning

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macabre

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Death/morning

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moribund

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Death/morning

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obsequies

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Death/morning

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sepulchral

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Death/morning

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wraith

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Death/morning

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abnegate

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Deny self

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ascetic

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Deny self

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spartan

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Deny self

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temperate

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Deny self

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despotic

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dictatorial

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dogmatic

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dictatorial

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hegemony

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dictatorial

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imperious

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dictatorial

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peremptory

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dictatorial

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tyrannical

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dictatorial

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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arcane

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difficult to understand

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enigmatic

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difficult to understand

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esoteric

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difficult to understand

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand

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opaque

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difficult to understand

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paradoxical

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difficult to understand

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recondite

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difficult to understand

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turbid

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difficult to understand

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fetid

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Disgusting/offensive

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invidious

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Disgusting/offensive

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noisome

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Disgusting/offensive

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odious

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Disgusting/offensive

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putrid

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Disgusting/offensive

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rebarbative

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Disgusting/offensive

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malodorous

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Disgusting/offensive

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limpid

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Cogent/easy to understand

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pellucid

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Easy to understand

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aberrant

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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anachronism

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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anomalous

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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discrete

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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esoteric

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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iconoclast

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Eccentric/dissimilar

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abash

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embarrass

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chagrin

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embarrass

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compunction

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embarrass

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contrition

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embarrass

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diffidence

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embarrass

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expiate

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embarrass

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foible

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embarrass

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gaucherie

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embarrass

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rue

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`embarrass

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tantamount

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equal

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apocryphal

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falsehood

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canard

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falsehood

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chicanery

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falsehood

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duplicity

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falsehood

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equivocate

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falsehood

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erroneous

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falsehood

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ersatz

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falsehood

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fallacious

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falsehood

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feigned

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falsehood

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guile

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falsehood

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mendacity

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falsehood

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perfidy

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falsehood

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prevaricate

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falsehood

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specious

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falsehood

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spurious

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falsehood

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conjugal

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family

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consanguine

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family

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distaff

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family

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endogamous

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family

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filial

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family

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fratricide

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family

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progenitor

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family

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scion

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family

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ardent

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favoring/not impartial

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doctrinaire

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favoring/not impartial

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fervid

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favoring/not impartial

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partisan

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favoring/not impartial

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tendentious

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favoring/not impartial

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zealot

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favoring/not impartial

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absolve

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forgive

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acquit

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forgive

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ameliorate

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forgive

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exculpate

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forgive

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expiate

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forgive

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palliate

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forgive

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redress

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forgive

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vindicate

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forgive

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chortle

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funney

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droll

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funny

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facetious

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funny

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flippant

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funny

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gibe

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funny

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jocular

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funny

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levity

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funny

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raillery

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funny

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riposte

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funny

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abatement

A

gaps/openings

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aperture

A

gaps/openings

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fissure

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gaps/openings

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interregnum

A

gaps/openings

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interstice

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gaps/openings

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orifice

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gaps/openings

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clement

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generous/kind

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largess

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generous/kind

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magnanimous

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generous/kind

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munificent

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generous/kind

201
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philanthropic

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generous/kind

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unstinting

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generous/kind

203
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avaricious

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greedy

204
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covetous

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greedy

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mercenary

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greedy

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miserly

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greedy

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penurious

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greedy

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rapacious

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greedy

209
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venal

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greedy

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asperity

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hard-hearted

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baleful

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hard-hearted

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dour

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hard-hearted

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fell

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hard-hearted

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malevolent

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hard-hearted

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mordant

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hard-hearted

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sardonic

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hard-hearted

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scathing

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hard-hearted

218
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truculent

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hard-hearted

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vitriolic

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hard-hearted

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vituperation

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hard-hearted