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watershed

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area draining into a body of water

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wanton

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reckless

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wane

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to dwindle (decrease in strength

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viable

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workable

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vestibule

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a passage, hallway

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vagrant

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wanderer

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vagary

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erratic occurrence

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unalloyed

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pure

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torrid

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burning hot

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tedious

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requiring great patience

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taxonomy

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science of classification

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taxing

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burdensome

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taut

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tight

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tautology

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statement which is always true

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surfeit

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excess

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surmise

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make an educated guess

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sublime

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outstanding

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specious

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false

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slake

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to satisfy

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skulk

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to move stealthily

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skimpy

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scanty, not sufficient

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semblance

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appearance

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self-effacing

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shy

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sang-froid

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mental calmness

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salvo

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sudden outburst

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rife

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widespread

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ribald

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humorous

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rhetoric

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persuasive language

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rhapsody

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emotional work of art

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revulsion

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strong dislike

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rejoinder

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regale

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ravage

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to destroy

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protrusion

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something that sticks out

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protean

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assuming different forms

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prostrate

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lying face down

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privation

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lack of comforts

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pristine

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uncorrupted

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precocious

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mature

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preclude

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to exclude

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precis

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concise summary

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precipitous

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hasty, steep

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42
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plebiscite

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vote by entire electorate

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pert

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lively and bold

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pertinacious

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persistent

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perturbation

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disturbance

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penitent

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expressing sadness for a sin

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penance

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accepting punishments

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pedant

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trivial academic

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paradigm

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framework

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pander

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appeal to lower nature

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orb

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spherical body

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orator

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public speaker

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nuptial

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marriage ceremony

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notoriety

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unfavorable fame

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muse

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to think

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municipality

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city government

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misgiving

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feeling of doubt

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miserliness

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stinginess

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misanthrope

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hater of mankind

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meed

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reward

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meddler

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one who interferes

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mecca

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center of interest

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mead

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alcohol from honey

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mawkish

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emotional

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malefactor

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evil-doer

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limpid

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clear

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lien

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claim on property

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lachrymose

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tearful

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inveterate

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deep-rooted

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inter

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to bury

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intemperate

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not moderate

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intelligible

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understandable

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integral

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essential

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insular

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isolated

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infirmity

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disease

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infelicitous

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unhappy

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inculcate

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to teach

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incubus

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nightmare

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incremental

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increasing gradually

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incoorigible

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not correctible

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impound

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to seize and confine

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impotent

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powerless

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imposing

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elegance

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ignoble

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dishonorable

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hodgepodge

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a random mixture

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hobble

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impede movement

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hoary

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very old

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histionic

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overly dramatic

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hirsute

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hairy

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gauche

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lacking social grace

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garrulous

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talkative

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fortuitous

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fortunate

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fiscal

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relating to taxing and spending

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fastidious

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careful

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fallow

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plowed

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fain

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rather

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fad

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temporary fashion

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factotum

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employee with a lot of duties

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facility

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a skill

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exoridum

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introductory part

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exhorbitant

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expensive

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exonerate

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to clear from blame

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existentialism

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philosophy of personal freedom

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exiguous

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scanty, meager

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eschew

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to avoid

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ennui

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boredom

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ensconce

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to settle comfortably

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elliptic

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oval

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elocution

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art of public speaking

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elegy

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mournful poet

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droll

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amusing

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draft

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to outline, recruit

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dissension

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difference of opinion

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disseminate

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to spread

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disburse

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to pay out

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detrimental

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harmful

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detract

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to diminish

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deter

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to prevent

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detachment

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uninterested

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desultory

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rambling

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destitute

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poverty stricken

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despot

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tyrannical ruler

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deleterious

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harmful

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dehumanizing

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depriving human qualities

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cursory

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hastily done

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durmudgeon

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cranky person

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curator

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caretaker

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countermand

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to overrule

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countenance

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facial expression

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cosset

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to treat with care

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated

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corrosive

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wearing away gradually

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contiguous

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adjacent

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contemplate

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to think over

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confection

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candy, sweets

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conduit

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tube

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comliness

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physical grace

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collusion

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collaboration

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collateral

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payment of a loan

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collaborate

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working together

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coiffure

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hairdo

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catharsis

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emotional purification

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catalyst

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something that causes change

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cachet

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mark of distinction

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cabal

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plot

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byzantine

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complex

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boon

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blessing

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boomerang

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to backfire

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bondage

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slavery

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bombastic

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high-sounding but meaningless

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benediction

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blessing

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benchmark

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standard of measure

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bellwether

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indicator of trends

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aversion

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intense dislike

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avatar

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an incarnation

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avant-garde

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leadership of new-movements

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avail

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to make use of

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assess

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to establish the value

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assertion

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a claim without proof

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apostate

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one who gives up a religion

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anchorite

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a religious recluse

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anarchy

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absence of government

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algorithm

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computation, function

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alarmist

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always scaring others

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adage

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a proverb

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acumen

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sharpness of insight

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abash

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to make ashamed

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a priori

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assumed to be true

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