GRE Hardest Words
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| show | an unoriginal idea, platitude
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| show | statement of general truth
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| show | trite and unoriginal
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| show | able to move
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| abstemious | show 🗑
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| gourmand | show 🗑
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| show | one who is highly unrestrained sexually or morally, a debauched (corrupt) person, roue
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| debauched | show 🗑
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| show | a dissolute (loose in morals) and licentious man; rake
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| show | loose in morals
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| licentious | show 🗑
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| show | lustful
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| show | lustful, obscene, salacious
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| salacious | show 🗑
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| show | unruly, unchaste, excessive
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| show | few in words
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| prate | show 🗑
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| censure | show 🗑
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| affable | show 🗑
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| show | frantic or frenzied
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| impervious | show 🗑
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| show | calm, not easily excited
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| quarter | show 🗑
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| imbibe | show 🗑
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| pride | show 🗑
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| inerrant | show 🗑
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| cloying | show 🗑
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| show | sour or bitter in manner; Lemon juice is ____.
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| abstruse | show 🗑
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| show | lateness, the detention of a boat when being loaded or unloaded, beyond the time agreed upon; antonym: cogent
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| rifle | show 🗑
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| show | guilty, deserving of censure
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| show | condemnation
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| show | to make worse; antonym: ameliorate
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| show | pleasant sounding; antonym: cacophony
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| dearth | show 🗑
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| show | scholarly and boring
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| show | excessive frugality, sparing; I am parsimonious with adding parsley to my dish;
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| encomium | show 🗑
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| abjure | show 🗑
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| inclement | show 🗑
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| inchoate | show 🗑
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| intransigent | show 🗑
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| malapropos | show 🗑
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| show | evildoer
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| show | man who loves without serious intentions
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| show | lover of women
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| show | elemental; fundamental
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| prolix | show 🗑
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| show | disposed to laugh
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| derision | show 🗑
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| deride | show 🗑
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| secede | show 🗑
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| show | to separate from
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| subterfuge | show 🗑
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| show | full of fight, like a pug
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| evocative | show 🗑
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| pulchritude | show 🗑
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| show | fully of tricks
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| obviate | show 🗑
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| show | to make thin, weaken
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| show | shyness
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| show | to deny
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| burgeon | show 🗑
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| show | talkativeness
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| show | showing good judgment in conduct; being prudent in behavior; not related to discrete (separate and distinct)
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| incredulous | show 🗑
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| ingenuous | show 🗑
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| show | apt, pertinent
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| complacent | show 🗑
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| complaisant | show 🗑
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| show | a mixture of combination (of metals), an alloy
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| arduous | show 🗑
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| aseptic | show 🗑
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| aspersion | show 🗑
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| assiduous | show 🗑
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| show | harmful, malign
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| bombast | show 🗑
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| show | insincere or hypocritical remarks
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| caprice | show 🗑
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| show | trickery or deception
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| churlishness | show 🗑
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| comeliness | show 🗑
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| coterie | show 🗑
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| show | stupid, unrefined, gross, boorish
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| show | self-denial, asceticism
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| show | depravity, base, corruptness
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| calumny | show 🗑
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| espouse | show 🗑
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| show | to steal off and hide, to depart clandestinely
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| alacrity | show 🗑
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| approbation | show 🗑
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| show | without adornment, bare, ascetic
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| disabuse | show 🗑
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| show | extreme boldness, presumptuousness
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| equivocate | show 🗑
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| show | urgent, pressing
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| show | to loudly attack or denounce; criticize
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| show | accepting something undesirable
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| neologism | show 🗑
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| onerous | show 🗑
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| perfidy | show 🗑
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| show | done without care or interest
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| show | acutely perceptive
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| precipitate | show 🗑
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| reticent | show 🗑
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| show | song of praise and thanksgiving
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| show | characterized by filth, grime, or squalor
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| truculent | show 🗑
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| show | concerned and eager, willing to learn
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| show | boredom, dissatisfaction
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| show | lament with music; antonym: paean
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| show | an atoning sacrifice
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| show | to forcibly assign, to a lower position
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| show | to lessen in intensity of degree
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| accolade | show 🗑
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| show | greed, for wealth
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| bucolic | show 🗑
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| chary | show 🗑
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| contrite | show 🗑
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| dearth | show 🗑
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| show | to question or oppose
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| ebullience | show 🗑
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| show | easily angered
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| laud | show 🗑
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| show | to retract, especially a previously held belief
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| facetious | show 🗑
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| harangue | show 🗑
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| impecunious | show 🗑
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| show | to obtain by deception of flattery
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| pernicious | show 🗑
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| show | to dress up, to primp
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| show | to drink deeply
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| show | awe-inspiring
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| torpid | show 🗑
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| show | sophisticated, refined
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| show | to disguise or conceal to mislead
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| show | calm and peaceful
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| impassive | show 🗑
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| insipid | show 🗑
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| obdurate | show 🗑
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| show | sycophantic, exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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| show | disgrace, contempt, scorn
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| querulous | show 🗑
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| show | an overabundant supply, excess
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| tenuous | show 🗑
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| transient | show 🗑
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| show | a tightening effect, harsh, severe
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| show | polite or appropriate conduct/behavior
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| show | one with amateurish/ superficial interests
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| show | to slight or belittle
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| divulge | show 🗑
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| show | to praise excessively
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| flout | show 🗑
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| glib | show 🗑
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| show | not capable of change
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| show | hastily or rashly energeti, impuslive
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| inimical | show 🗑
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| obstinate | show 🗑
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| show | characterized by a pretentious style
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| show | adherence to highest principles
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| show | excessivley wasteful
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| show | occuring daily
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| recondite | show 🗑
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| show | radiant, shiny
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| show | to fail to honor a commitment
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| show | diligent, persistent
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| show | causing drowsiness
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| spendthrift | show 🗑
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| show | sharply perceptive, keen, perspicacious
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| unfeigned | show 🗑
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| vituperate | show 🗑
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| reproach | show 🗑
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| indigent | show 🗑
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| show | angry, as a result of something unjust
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| show | lazy
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| show | foolish, foolishly passionate
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| repartee | show 🗑
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| show | 1. based on subject not reason
2. determined by impulse or whim
3. not limited by the law; despotic
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| show | dilemma
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| show | an evil, degrading or immoral habit or practice
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| show | a fine
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| show | to penalize by fining or demanding forfeiture
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| ennobling | show 🗑
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| vaunt | show 🗑
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| show | monastery
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| sinuous | show 🗑
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| show | wealthy person
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| show | small boat
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| show | confirm
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| show | laud laughter
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| extol | show 🗑
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| biennial | show 🗑
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| saturnine | show 🗑
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| show | attack another
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| errand | show 🗑
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| wan | show 🗑
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| show | badly made, dishonest, shabby
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| show | lament, express grief over
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| show | open, honest
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| indemnify | show 🗑
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| beatific | show 🗑
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| show | dross, rabble, dregs
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