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| show | lean to the nth degree, as in starving
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| show | an unoriginal idea, platitude
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| aphorism | show 🗑
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| banality | show 🗑
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| ambulatory | show 🗑
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| show | abstaining, sparing in drink, temperate
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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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| show | corrupt
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| roue | show 🗑
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| show | loose in morals
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| licentious | show 🗑
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| lascivious | show 🗑
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| lewd | show 🗑
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| show | lustful, obscene, grossly indecent
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| show | unruly, unchaste, excessive
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| laconic | show 🗑
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| show | to babble, to prattle
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| show | deserving blame
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| show | warm and friendly
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| frenetic | show 🗑
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| show | incapable of being influenced
You cannot change their habits since they are _______ to reasoning
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| imperturbable | show 🗑
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| quarter | show 🗑
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| show | to drink in; The dry soil ____ the rain water quickly.
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| show | a group of; a ____ of lions
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| inerrant | show 🗑
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| show | too sweet or excessively flattering; a perfume with a ____ sweetness; antonym: saccharine
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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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| aggravate | show 🗑
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| euphony | show 🗑
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| show | scarcity; antonym: cornucopia
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| show | scholarly and boring
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| parsimony | show 🗑
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| encomium | show 🗑
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| abjure | show 🗑
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| inclement | show 🗑
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| show | rudimentary, just beginning to be formed
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| intransigent | show 🗑
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| malapropos | show 🗑
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| show | evildoer
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| philanderer | show 🗑
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| show | lover of women
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| primordial | show 🗑
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| prolix | show 🗑
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| risible | show 🗑
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| show | mocking laughter
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| show | to make fun of
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| show | to separate from
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| sequester | show 🗑
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| subterfuge | show 🗑
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| pugnacious | show 🗑
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| evocative | show 🗑
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| show | state of possessing beauty
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| wily | show 🗑
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| obviate | show 🗑
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| attenuate | show 🗑
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| show | shyness
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| show | to deny
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| show | to grow quickly; to sprout
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| show | talkativeness
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| discreet | show 🗑
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| incredulous | show 🗑
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| show | have a frank and open nature, not devious, naive, trusting, innocent; antonym:
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| show | apt, pertinent
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| show | self-satisfied
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| complaisant | show 🗑
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| amalgam | show 🗑
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| arduous | show 🗑
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| show | germ free
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| show | slanderous statement, a damaging or derogatory criticism, calumny, defamation
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| assiduous | show 🗑
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| baleful | show 🗑
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| show | pompous speech
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| cant | show 🗑
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| caprice | show 🗑
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| show | trickery or deception
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| churlishness | show 🗑
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| show | beauty, attractiveness in appearance
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| show | a clique, a group who meet frequently
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| show | stupid, unrefined, gross, boorish
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| abnegation | show 🗑
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| turpitude | show 🗑
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| show | false charges or misrepresentation, slander, aspersion, defamation
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| show | to adopt or support
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| show | to steal off and hide, to depart clandestinely
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| show | eager and enthusiastic willigness
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| show | expression of praise
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| austere | show 🗑
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| disabuse | show 🗑
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| effrontery | show 🗑
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| equivocate | show 🗑
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| exigent | show 🗑
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| fulminate | show 🗑
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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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| show | acting with haste or impulse; second definition: to cause to happen before anticipation
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| reticent | show 🗑
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| paean | show 🗑
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| sordid | show 🗑
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| truculent | show 🗑
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| show | concerned and eager, willing to learn
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| ennui | show 🗑
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| show | lament with music; antonym: paean
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| propitiation | show 🗑
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| show | to forcibly assign, to a lower position
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| abate | show 🗑
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| show | an expression of praise
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| show | greed, for wealth
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| show | rustic and pastoral
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| chary | show 🗑
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| contrite | show 🗑
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| show | smallness of quantity of number
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| demur | show 🗑
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| ebullience | show 🗑
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| show | easily angered
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| show | to praise highly
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| recant | show 🗑
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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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| preen | show 🗑
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| show | to drink deeply
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| redoubtable | show 🗑
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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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| show | revealing no emotion
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| insipid | show 🗑
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| show | unyielding, hardhearting, intractable
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| show | sycophantic, exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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| show | disgrace, contempt, scorn
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| show | prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish
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| show | an overabundant supply, excess
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| show | having little substance or strength
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| show | fleeting, passing quickly brief
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| show | a tightening effect, harsh, severe
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| show | polite or appropriate conduct/behavior
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| dilettante | show 🗑
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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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| immutable | show 🗑
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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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| probity | show 🗑
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| show | excessivley wasteful
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| quotidian | show 🗑
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| recondite | show 🗑
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| refulgent | show 🗑
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| show | to fail to honor a commitment
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| show | diligent, persistent
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| soporific | show 🗑
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| spendthrift | show 🗑
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| trenchant | show 🗑
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| unfeigned | show 🗑
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| show | to use harsh, condemnatory language
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| reproach | show 🗑
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| show | poor
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| indignant | show 🗑
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| indolent | show 🗑
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| show | foolish, foolishly passionate
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| repartee | show 🗑
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| arbitrary | show 🗑
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| quandary | show 🗑
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| vice | show 🗑
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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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| show | brag
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| cloister | show 🗑
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| show | twisting
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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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| show | a short trip
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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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| candid | show 🗑
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| show | to reimburse, to compensate for a loss
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| show | exalted joy and blessedness
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| show | dross, rabble, dregs
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