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09/30/2010
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impecunious
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poor
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cogent
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convincing
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somnolent
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half-asleep
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magnanimous
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generous
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deft
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neat, skillful
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glib
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fluent, lack of intellectual depth
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saturnine
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dark, gloomy
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bucolic
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pastoral, rustic
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nadir
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lowest point
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nugatory
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worthless, futile
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encomium
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praise, eulogy
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argot
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slang
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cataclysm
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upheaval
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fetid
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malodorous, foul
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mendacious
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lying, false
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cortege
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procession
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scion
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offspring
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pithy
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concise and expressive
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aphorism
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pithy maxim (ex: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it")
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coiffure
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hairstyle
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imprecation
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swear, curse
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fracas
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brawl
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adroit
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skillful
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quagmire
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swamp, bog
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minatory
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threatening
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fructify
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bear fruit
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pernicious
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harmful
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sobriquet
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nickname
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piebald
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spotted, mottled
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sapient
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wise, shrewd
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peregrination
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journey
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slake
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quench, sate
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propitiate
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appease
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invective
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abuse
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deign
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condescend
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dearth
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scarcity
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empyreal
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celestial, fiery
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berate
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scold strongly
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denizen
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inhabitant
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surmise
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conjecture
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bootless
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useless
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purview
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scope
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blandishment
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flattery
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distrait
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absentminded
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chastise
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punish
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lampoon
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ridicule
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presage
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foretell
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ameliorate
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improve
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despoil
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plunder
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swill
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drink greedily
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paramour
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illicit lover
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captious
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finding fault
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macabre
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greusome, grisly
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disparage
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belittle
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gaffe
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social blunder
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dotage
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senility
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onerous
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burdensome
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turnkey
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jailer
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efflorescent
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flowering
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obfuscate
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confuse, muddle
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affray
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public brawl
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enigma
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puzzle
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