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Succulent

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Full of juice

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Detriment

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Injury or damage

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Immaterial

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Not significant or relevant

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Pale

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To decrease in relative importance

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Humane

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Kind compassionate

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Incorrigible

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Unable to be corrected it reformed

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Patrimony

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Inherited property

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Enumerate

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To count off or list

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Mannerism

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A distinctive behavioral trait

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Reserved

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Self restrained and withdrawn in speech or manner

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Benchmark

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A standard to which other things are compared or by which they are measured

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Bedlam

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Any place or condition of noise and confusion

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Innovative

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Marked by a new or unusual way of doing things

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Relent

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To become less severe, to give in

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Token

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Preformed only as an induction if intent

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Reflective

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Thoughtful

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Opportune

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Suitable for a particular purpose

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Decoy

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A thing or person used to lure or tempt into a trap

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Boisterous

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Noisy and wild, unruly

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Factious

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Causing disagreement that leads to breaking up

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Cudgel

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A heavy, usually short stick

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Depict

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To represent or portray

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Slander

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A false oral statement that damages a persons reputation

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Arid

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Dry and barren

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Heterogenous

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Not similar, very different

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Defray

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Provide for the payment of

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Formidable

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Inspiring fear or dread

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Patrician

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A person if refines manners or background

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Fume

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To be in a state of anger

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Procrastinate

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To delay, to put off

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Yoke

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To join together, to unite

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Circumscribe

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To define the limits of

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Resonant

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Strong and deep in tone

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Relief

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A distinction or prominence due to contrast

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Machiavellian

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Practicing deceit or cunningness

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Harbor

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To give shelter

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Havoc

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A great destruction or devastation

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Premeditate

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To think out, plan or scheme

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Recumbent

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Lying in a position of comfort

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Demean

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To disrespect

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Chide

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To scold

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Byzantine

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Highly complicated or intricate

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Lull

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To soothe or calm

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Homogenous

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Uniform, of the same kind

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Hypothesis

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A tentative explanation, something assumed true for the sake of argument

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Shoal

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An area of shallow water

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Satire

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Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack human vice or folly

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Goad

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To prod or urge on

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Figment

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Something that is created or imagined

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Centrifugal

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Moving away from the center

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Eyesore

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Something that is unpleasant or offensive

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Decimate

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To destroy or kill a large part of

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Libel

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A false written statesmen that damages a persons reputation

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Coerce

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To force by threat or intimidation

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Cursory

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Superficially done

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy or difficult to manage

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Fester

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To rot or to decay

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Deem

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To consider or to have an opinion

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Connote

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To imply something beyond a literal meaning, connotation

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Rash

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Showning boldness of, or haste without judgement

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Jeremiad

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An elaborate and lengthy tale of sadness

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Matriarch

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A woman who rules a family or clan, highly respected

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Limber

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Bending easily, flexible demure coy, modest, reserved

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Pilfer

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To steal a small amount

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Gargantuan

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Of huge size or capacity

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Flag

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To slow down in pace

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Diagnosis

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The recognition of a disease or injury by symptoms

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Foolhardy

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Reckless; bold without judgement

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Incriminate

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To make appear guilty

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Flaunt

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To show off

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Exploit

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A bold or daring act

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Impervious

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Completely restraint to penetration, unaffected

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Plaintive

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Expressing sorrow

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Culpable

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Deserving blame or punishment

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Pontificate

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To speak pompously and at length

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Sentiment

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A feeling or opinion, based on emotion not reason

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Interloper

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One who interfaces with the affairs of others

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Delectable

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Very pleasing, delightful

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Blemish

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A flaw that harms the appearance of something

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Equanimity

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Evenness of temper l, ca characteristic state

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Peevish

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Irritatable

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Waddle

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To walk rocking side to side

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Gross

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Total, entire

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Skew

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To place at an angle

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Humdrum

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Dull routine

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Marshal

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To arrange in order

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Aggregate

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Total

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Intemperate

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Lacking In moderation

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Veer

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To change direction

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Rapture

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The experience of great joy

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Contemplate

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To look at or thing about carefully

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Savor

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To taste or smell with pleasure

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Incontrovertible

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Impossible to dispute

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Graze

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To feed on grasses

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Coincide

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To occur at the same time or be at the same place, to agree exactly

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Portray

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To make a likeness of

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Furrow

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A trench in the earth made by a plow

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Quaff

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To drink quickly or with enthusiasm

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Hierarchy

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A ranking according to status or ability

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Accrue

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To come as a gain, to increase

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Hidebound

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Narrow minded

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Matrix

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A surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contained

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Spartan

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Hardly, frugal and highly disciplined

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Dregs

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The worse part; the sediment in a liquid

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Perplex

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To puzzle, confuse, or bewilder

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Onus

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An unpleasant task or duty, a burden

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Station

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Social position

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Sedition

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The promotion of rebellion against the government

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Maverick

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One who rebels; a nonconformist, an individualist

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Lacerate

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To rip, cut or tear

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Convoluted

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Intricate, complicated

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Tedious

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Boring, tiresome

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Epicure

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One with refined tastes, especially in food and wine

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Temper

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To bring down in tone, to moderate

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Counter

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To offer in response

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Gourmet

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A connoisseur of food and drink

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Dissemble

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To deceive or conceal

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Sodden

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Thoroughly wet, drenched

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Grapple

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To struggle with something, to grip and hold

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Hefty

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Heavy, big and strong

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Flaccid

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Lacking firmness

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Bellwether

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Something that serves as an indicator or leader of future trends

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Compunction

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A feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

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Gale

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A strong wind

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