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Inquisitive

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inclined to ask question

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Persevere

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to persist in anything undertaken

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Indescribable

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not describable

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energetic

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powerful in action

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tremendous

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extraordinarily great in size

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undesirable

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not attractive

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bombastic

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high-sounding, pretentious

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provoked

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to anger, to stir up, stimulate

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process

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a series of actions

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triumphantly

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having achieved victory or success

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particles

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pieces, fragments, small amounts

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fiasco

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a complete and ignominious failure

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meticulous

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taking extreme care

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perspective

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the state of one’s ideas

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acrid

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sharp or biting to the taste or smell

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keepsake

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anything kept as a token of friendship

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gallivanting

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to wander about

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ornery

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ugly an unpleasant temper

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mock

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to treat with ridicule

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ravine

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a narrow steep-sided valley

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putrid

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thoroughly corrupt, evil, very low quality, rotten

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nuisance

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an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition

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rowdy

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a rough, disorderly person

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taunt

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insulting, to provoke by taunts

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abandon

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to leave completely and finally, to give up

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possessed

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having

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raucous

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harsh, strident

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finicky

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excessively particular or fastidious

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pounce

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to spring, dash, or come suddenly

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anxious

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full of uneasiness

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blaspheme

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to speak evil of, abuse

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raucous

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harsh, strident, rowdy

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deprive

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to withhold something from a person

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variety

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the state of being varied or diversified

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essential

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absolutely necessary

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menace

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something that threatens to cause evil

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reluctantly

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unwilling

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camouflage

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the act of obscuring things to deceive an enemy

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notorious

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widely and unfavorably known

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agitated

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disturbed

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abstract

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thought, difficult to understand

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persecute

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to pursue with harassing treatment

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unencumbered

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having no burdens or obligations

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protest

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an expression of disapproval or dissent or opposition

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advocate

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to speak or write in favor of, recommend

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scouting

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the activities of a scout

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dainty

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of delicate beauty

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gusto

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hearty or keen enjoyment

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diminutive

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small, little, tiny

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blundered

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a gross, stupid, or careless mistake

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apprentice

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a person who works for another to learn work or studies

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rivet

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a mental pin, to fasten or fix firmly

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instance

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an example

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ballistic

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to become irrational, pertaining to ballistics

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neglected

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to pay no attention

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visual

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used in seeing, sight

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obstacle

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something that obstructs or hinders progress

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spectacular

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large-scale display

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peculiar

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strange, odd, uncommon

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abrasive

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tending to annoy or cause ill will

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significant

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very important

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convert

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to change into a different form

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verify

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to prove the truth of

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artificial

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imitation, sham

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liberate

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to set free, to free, to disengage

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obnoxious

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highly offensive, annoying due to show-off