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edifying

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didatic

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intricate

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complicated

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pejorative

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1.Derogatory 2.disapproval/criticism

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sinecure

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to pay even without work

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staunch

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strong and loyal in opinion/ faithful

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cantankerous

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bad tempered and always complaining

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daunting

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to make nervous and less confident

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expended

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spend a lot

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acquittal

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conviction decision of court

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moiling

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work hard move around in confusion

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corporeal

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that can be touched

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petty

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small unimportant

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ennui

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feeling of bored not satisfied

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enervated

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lacking energy

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efficacious

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effective

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dross

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useless

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reconnoitered

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get information about the area

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hoodwinked

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trick

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lambasted

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criticize or attack

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vitiated

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spoil or reduce the effect

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deride

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mock

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pilloried

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criticize smbd in public

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banter

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friendly remark or joke

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halcyon

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peaceful and happy

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contempt

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respect

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mired

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difficult situation that u cant escape

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evinced

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show clearly that you have feeling

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defalcated

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to engage in embezzlement

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tact

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polite

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heretical

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people of heresy

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clandestine

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done secretly or kept secretly

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stratagems

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trick or plan to gain adv Or trick

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proboscises

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trunk of elephant long organ

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discomfit

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make confused or embarrased

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apposite

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very appropriate for a particular situation

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pontificate

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to give opinion in a way to show u r right

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feckless

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ineffective careless

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stoicism

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dont compalin when suffering or feeling

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mediocrity

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average

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succinctness

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expressed clearly in few words

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spurious

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based on false idea specious

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extemporaneous

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impromptu

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chicanery

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deception

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nigh

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near

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extolled

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to praise

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addle

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to confuse

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permeate

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to spread in every part affect every part

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weltering

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Large confusing amount of sth

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forswearing

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renounce make promise or stop doing sth

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castigation

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to criticize sb

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jingoistic

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patriotic

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unfettered

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without restriction

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jaded

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Tired and bored coz of having too much

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truant

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absent/ bunk

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iniquitous

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sinful

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fatuous

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foolish stupid

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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mettle

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Ability determination to do sth despite difficult condition

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jejune

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too simple naive

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seminal

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1.very imp 2.having strong influence

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menial

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not skilled or imp boring or badly paid

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chimera

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impossible idea or hope

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unbedizened

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unadorned

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parochial

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Narrow minded

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quintessence

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1.perfect example 2.most imp feature

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salubrious

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pleasant to live in clean healthy

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substantiated

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provide information evidence to prove true

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subversive

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rebellious going against

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cohesion

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act of keeping together

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propitiatory

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intended to win back frenship or angry

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vilify

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say or write unpleasant malign, revile

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unencumbered

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not carrying heavy that makes u slow

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polemical

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arguing passionately strong argument

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divisive

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causing disagreement

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abysmal

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extremely bad or very low std

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plaintive

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mournful

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facile

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glib

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recalcitrant

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unwilling to obey rules

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slick

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glib skillful,a slick striker

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conglomerations

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mixture of different things

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jeremiad

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express lamentation

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philippic

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condemnation tirade

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virulent

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1.extremely dangerous 2.showing strong neg feeling

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perspicuous

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easily understood

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quiescent

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calm peaceful

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compendium

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brief summary

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gaiety

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happiness

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tenebrous

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hard to understand dark

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eviscerate

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remove inner organs

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entice

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to persuade smb inveigle

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curmudgeonly

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bad tempered person

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finicky

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too worried abt wat u eat dress disliking many things

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epicurean

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devoted to pleasure enjoying yourself

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persnickety

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worrying too much about unimp details

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verdant

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fresh and green

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bountiful

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in large quantities generous

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Stygian

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dark gloomy

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raffish

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not accepted according to some social std but interesting attractive

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enormity

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great size effect serious crime

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iniquity

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being or sth that is very unfair or wrong

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caparisoned

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decorated

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ablated

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to remove or destroy by cutting abrading or evaporating

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foment

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to create trouble or violence or make it worse incite

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peremptory

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expecting to be obeyed immediately and without question

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genial

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Friendly cheerful affable

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flippantly

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show that u dont take seriously as others think

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incongruous

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inappropriate

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allusive

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containing indirect speech writing

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splenetic

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bad tempered and angry

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simpatico

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pleasant easy to like

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machination

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secret plan intigue

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periphrasis

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indirect way of express

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esculent

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edible

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somnolence

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almost asleep making u feel tired

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nescience

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lack of knowledge

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belletrism

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view to see literature as fine art

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disinterred

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to dig up sth

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espied

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to see sb/sth suddenly

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vitiated

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to spoil or reduce the effect of sth

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exsiccated

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dry

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censured

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find fault and criticize

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excoriated

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censure scathingly

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startling

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to move or jump suddenly

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languid

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weak sluggish in character

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