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Temperance

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Moderation or self restraint

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Notoriety

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The state of being well known for some bad quality or deed

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Eminence

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Fame or recognized superiority

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Tumultuous

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Making a loud confused noise

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Imperceptibly

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In a way that is so slight as not to be perceived

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Orthodox

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Not independent minded

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Trifling

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A thing of little value or importance

A small amount of something

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Ameliorated

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To make better

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Ascertained

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Find out for certain

Make sure of

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Centralization

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The concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority

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Improvisation

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The act of improvising

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Prophetic

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Accurately predicting what will happen in the future

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Monotonous

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Dull, tedious and repetitive

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Virtual

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Almost as described but not completely to strict definition

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Harbingers

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A person or a thing that announces the thing of another

A forerunner of something

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Affability

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The quality of being affable (friendly)

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Incongruous

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Not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding

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Fastidiousness

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Very attentive and concerned about attention and detail

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Polemical

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Involving strong critical or controversial writing or speech

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Debunking

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Expose the falseness or hollowness

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Obsolete

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No longer produced or used

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Exacting

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Making great demands on ones skill, attention or other recourses

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Copious

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large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

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Acerbic

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Sour in taste

Harsh or severe as of temper or expression

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Scathing

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Bitterly severe as a remark

Harmful

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Meticulous

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Showing great attention to detail

Very careful and precise

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Diffidence

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The quality or state of being different

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Illiberality

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Narrow minded

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Engaged

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Busy or occupied

Involved

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Fanciful

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characterized by or showing fancy

. capricious or whimsical in appearance

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Inconsequential

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Not important

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Disinterestedness

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Lack of self interest

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Endorsed

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Declare ones public approval or support of

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Belies

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To show to be false
Contradict
Misrepresent

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Overshadows

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To be more important in comparison

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Injudicious

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Showing lack of judgement

Unwise

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Frivolity

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The state of being frivolous ( not having a serious purpose)

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Impenetrability

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The state of being impenetrable; impossible to pass through

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Penitential

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Relating to or expressing penitence ( sorrow or regret)

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Intractable

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Hard to control or deal with

Difficult, stubborn

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Austerity

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Very stern in manner

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Impetuous

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Done quickly without thought or care

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Prodigality

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Spending resources carelessly

Wastefully extravagant

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Taciturnity

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Reserved in communication

Saying little

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Volubility

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Talkativeness

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Pellucidity

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Allowing the maximum passage of light

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Eclipse

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A reduction of status

To make less important

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Bolster

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To support

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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally

Essential

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Peripheral

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Of minor importance

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Rumination

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Deep thought about something

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Prosaic

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Dull

Lacking poetic beauty

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Hackneyed

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Lacking significance through being overused

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Aloof

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Not friendly

Cool and distant

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Placid

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Not easily upset or excited

Calm and peaceful

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Restive

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Impatient of control

Stubborn

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Vociferous

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Crying out noisily

Clamorous

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Circumscribed

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Restrict within limits

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance

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Indecorous

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Improper

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Unseemly

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Not proper

Inappropriate

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Cow

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To frighten with threats/ violence

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Scornful

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Full of mockery

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Irksome

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Irritating, annoying

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Pivotal

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Of crucial important in relation to the development of something else

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Recondite

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Little known

Abstruse

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Impediments

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A hinderance in doing something

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Testable

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Able to be tested or tried

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Implemented

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Put into effect

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Canonize

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To regard as being of great significance

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Fecklessness

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Lacking innovative or strength of character

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Dynamism

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great energy, force, or power; vigor

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Egoism

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the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one’s personal interest; selfishness

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Punctiliousness

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strict in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct

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Scintillating

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Animated

Brilliantly clever

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Incendiary

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tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.;

inflammatory

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Veracious

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habitually speaking the truth; truthful;

honest

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Clangorous

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a loud, resonant sound;

clang.

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Tepid

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characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm

Moderately warm

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Augment

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to make larger;
enlarge;
increase

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Sensational

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designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc.

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Corroborate

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to make more certain;

confirm

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Dubious

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doubtful

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Exacerbating

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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.);
aggravate.

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Mitigate

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To lessen in force or intensity

To make less severe

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Precocious

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unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development
Premature development

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Impecunious

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Penniless

Having little or no money

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Assiduous

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Showing great care or perseverance

Constant

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Dissemble

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to give a false or misleading appearance to;

conceal the truth or real nature of

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Fleeting

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Lasting for a very short time

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

Obscure

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Hortatory

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urging to some course of conduct
exhorting;
encouraging

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Transgress

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to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.;
offend;
sin
To pass over or go beyond

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Trifling

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of very little importance;
trivial;
insignificant

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Malign

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to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of;
slander;
defame

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Antagonistic

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acting in opposition;
opposing, especially mutually.
hostile;
unfriendly.

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Penchant

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a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

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Conspire

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to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal
To plot

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Promulgated

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to make known by open declaration;
publish;
proclaim formally or put into operation

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Marginalized

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to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power

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Relish

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liking or enjoyment of the taste of something

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Insipid

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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualitie

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Fortuitous

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happening or produced by chance;

accidental

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Serendipitous

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come upon or found by accident; fortuitous

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Lucrative

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profitable;
moneymaking;
remunerative

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Pretensions

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a claim or title to something.

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Commensurate

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corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree

Proportionate

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Kindred

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a person’s relatives collectively; kin

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Incensed

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to perfume with incense.

to burn or offer incense

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Coalescing

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to grow together or into one body

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Doctrinaire

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dogmatic about others’ acceptance of one’s ideas;

Impractical

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Heterodox

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not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions;
unorthodox.

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Dogmatic

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asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner;

opinionated

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Synthesizing

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To form by combing parts

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Ubiquitous

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being everywhere, especially at the same time;

omnipresent

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Omnipresent

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present everywhere at the same time

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Meager

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deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty;
inadequate

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Acute

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sharp or severe in effect;
intense
extremely great or serious;
crucial;

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Prolix

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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length;

long and wordy

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Explicit

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fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated;

leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal

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Exacerbate

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To make worse
to increase the severity
Aggravate

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Disparate

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distinct in kind;
essentially different;
dissimilar:

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Quotidian

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Daily
usual or customary;
everyday:

124
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Herald

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a person or thing that precedes or comes before;
forerunner;
harbinger:

125
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Panacea

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a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.

An answer of all problems

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Harbinger

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a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another;
Anything that foreshadows;
herald

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Cursory

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going rapidly over something, without noticing details;
hasty;
superficial

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Perfunctory

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performed merely as a routine duty;
hasty and superficial:
lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm;
indifferent or apathetic

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Ruthless

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without pity or compassion;
cruel;
merciless

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Canny

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careful;
cautious;
prudent:
Shrewd

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Industrious

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working energetically and devotedly;
hard-working;
diligent:
Skillful

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Shrewd

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astute or sharp in practical matters

Piercing

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Disseminated

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to scatter or spread widely;
promulgate extensively; broadcast;
disperse

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Revered

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to regard with respect tinged with awe;

venerate:

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Refuge

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shelter or protection from danger, trouble

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Arcane

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known or understood by very few; mysterious;
secret;
obscure;
esoteric:

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Irresolute

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not resolute;
doubtful;
infirm of purpose;

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Opulent

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wealthy, rich, or affluent

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Eclectic

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choosing from various sources

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Bucolic

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relating to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life

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Enigmatic

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resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing;
mysterious:

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Adroit

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cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious

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Unpretentious

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not pretentious;
modest;
plain:

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Impetus

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a moving force;
impulse;
stimulus

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Feebleness

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Physically weak

weak intellectually or morally

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Lucidity

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the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible:

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Vindicated

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to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like
To justify

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Boon

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something to be thankful for; blessing;

benefit.

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Debacle

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a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:

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Hidebound

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narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible

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Orthodox

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conforming to beliefs, attitudes, or modes of conduct that are generally approved.

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Surly

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churlishly rude or bad-tempered:
Sullen
Grumpy

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Dubious

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doubtful;

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Contending

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to struggle in opposition

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Juxtaposition

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placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

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Scuffle

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to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.

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Buoyant

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Lighthearted

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Premonitory

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giving premonition;

serving to warn beforehand

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Laudatory

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Flattering

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Temperate

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moderate or self-restrained;

not extreme in opinion, statement, etc

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Provincial

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belonging to some particular province(an administrative division or unit of a country);
local

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Capricious

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subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change;
erratic:
Obsolete

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Obstinate

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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.;
not yielding to argument

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Noxious

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Harmful

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Erratic

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deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric;
queer:

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Laboriously

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requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance:

Characterized by extreme care and much attention to detail

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Assiduous

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constant;

unremitting

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Loquacious

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talking or tending to talk much or freely; 
talkative; 
chattering; 
babbling; 
garrulous
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Diffident

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lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness;
timid;
shy.

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Stanched

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To stop the flow of

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Accentuate

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to give emphasis or prominence to.

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Taciturnity

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the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation.

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

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Rhapsody

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an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm.

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Quandary

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a state of perplexity or uncertainty;

dilemma.

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Deleterious

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injurious to health:

Harmful

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Inconsequential

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of little or no importance; insignificant;

trivial.

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Zealot

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a person who shows zeal (eager desire)

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Egotist

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a conceited, boastful person.

Selfish

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Sycophant

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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

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Adulate

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to show excessive admiration or devotion to;

flatter or admire servilely.

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Braggart

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a person who does a lot of bragging.

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Mercurial

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Changing

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Blithe

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joyous, merry, or happy in disposition;
glad;
cheerful:

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Phlegmatic

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Unemotional

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Aghast

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struck with overwhelming shock or amazement;

filled with sudden fright or horror:

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Bemused

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bewildered or confused

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Prescience

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Foresight

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Obdurate

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unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings;
stubborn;
unyielding

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Caprice

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a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one’s mind

192
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Foresight

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the act or power of foreseeing; prevision;

prescience

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Obsolescence

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becoming outdated or outmoded, as machinery or weapons.

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Redouble

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to double;
make twice as great:
To echo

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Institutionalize

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to make institutional (established by institution)

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Futile

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incapable of producing any result; ineffective;
useless;
not successful

197
Q

Ephemeral

A

lasting a very short time;
short-lived;
transitory

198
Q

Transitory

A

lasting only a short time;
brief;
short-lived;
temporary.

199
Q

Perspicacity

A

keenness of mental perception and understanding;
discernment;
penetration

200
Q

Callous

A

Insensitive

201
Q

Pastoral

A

having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas:

202
Q

Spurious

A

not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source;
counterfeit.

203
Q

Ridicule

A

to deride;

make fun of.

GRE Vocab (3 decks)

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