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Lurid

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Wild; Sensational; Graphic; Gruesome

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Perimeter

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Outer boundary

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Fruition

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Bearing of fruit; Fulfillment; Realization

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Epistolary

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Consisting of letters (correspondence; mail)

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Jostle

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Shove; Bump

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Component

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Element; Ingredient

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Heed

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Pay attention to; Consider

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Cherubic

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Angelic; Innocent-looking

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Limerick

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Humorous short verse

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Propagate

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Multiply; Spread

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Brindled

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Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

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Filch

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Steal

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Tenacity

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Firmness; Persistence

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Gawk

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Stare foolishly; Look in open-mouthed awe

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Seminary

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School for training future ministers; Academy for young women

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Milieu

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Environment; Means of expression

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Equilibrium

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Balance

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Renovate

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Restore to good condition; Renew

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Plaintive

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Mournful

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Infidel

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Unbeliever

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Incarcerate

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Imprison

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Accommodate

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Oblige or help someone; Adjust or bring into harmony; Adapt

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Plight

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Condition, state (espetially a bad state or condition); Predicament

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Castigate

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Criticize severely; Punish

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Emancipate

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Set free

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Terrestrial

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Earthly (as opposed to celestial); Pertaining to the land

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Caliber

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Ability; Quality

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Ruthless

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Pitiless; Cruel

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Eon

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Long period of time; An age

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Parallelism

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State of being parallel; Similarity

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Acme

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Top; Pinnacle

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Alliteration

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Repetition of beginning sound in poetry

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Erode

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Eat away

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Debris

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Rubble

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Cameo

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Shell or jewel carved in relief; Star’s special appearance in a minor role in a film

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Fetter

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Shackle

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Sully

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Tarnish; Soil

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Conviction

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Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; Strongly held belief

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Simple

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Smirk; Smile affectedly

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Grandiose

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Pretentious; High-flown; Ridiculously exaggerated; Impressive

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Antipathy

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Aversion; Dislike

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Inchoate

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Recently begun; Rudimentary; Elementary

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Miasma

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Swamp gas; Heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; Pervasive corrupting influence

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Enduring

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Lasting; Surviving

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