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Devotee
enthusiastic follower
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Sadistic
inclined to cruelty
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Primogeniture
seniority by birth
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Prodigy
highly gifted child
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Tarantula
venomous spider
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Queasy
- easily nauseated
- squeamish
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Wrest
- pull away
- take away by violence
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Writ
written command issued by court
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Wry
with a humorous twist
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Xenophobia
fear or hatred of foreigners
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Paregoric
medicine that eases pain
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Parity
- equality
- close resemblance
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Hibernate
sleep throughout the winter
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Hierarchy
body divided into ranks
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Hieroglyphic
picture writing
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Hilarity
boisterous mirth
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Bask
take pleasure in warmth
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Bassoon
reed instrument of the woodwind family
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Hew
to cut to pieces with ax or sword
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Preponderance
superiority of power, quantity etc.
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Perspicuity
- calmness of expression
- freedom from ambiguity
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Parapet
low wall at the edge of roof or balcony
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Multiplicity
state of being numerous
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Nonentity
- non existent, person of no importance
- person of no importance
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Virus
disease communicator
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Bluff
pretense (of strength)
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Prolific
abundantly fruitful
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Niggle
spend too much time on minor points
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Introspective
looking within oneself
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Theocracy
government by a community of religious leaders
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Preternatural
beyond that which is normal in nature
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Ford
place where a river can be crossed on foot
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Satellite
small body revolving arouund a larger one
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Delusion
- false belief
- hallucination
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Agrarian
pertaining to land or its cultivation
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Centurion
roman army officer
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Mugwump
defector from a party
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Passe
- old-fashioned
- past the prime
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Extort
- wring from
- get money by threats etc.
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Thyme
aromatic plant used for seasoning
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Lineaments
features of a face
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Optometrist
one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
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Concentric
having a common center
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Usury
lend money at illegal rates of interest
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Multiform
having many forms
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Preciosity
over-refinement in art or speech
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Truism
self-evident truth
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Ferret
drive or hunt out of hiding
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Whinny
neigh like a horse
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Foreboding
premonition of evil
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Disdain
treat with scorn or contempt
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Derogatory
expressing a low opinion
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Misogynist
hater of a women
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Pensive
dreamily thoughtful
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Percussion
striking one object against another sharply
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Apoplexy
- stroke
- loss of conciousness
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Granary
storehouse for grain
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Kiosk
- summer house
- open pavilion
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Equine
resembling a horse
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Pecuniary
pertaining to money
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Abjure
renounce upon oath
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Pediatrician
expert in children's disease
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Epoch
long period of time
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Extrude
force or push out
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Genuflect
bend the knees as in worship
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Purge
clean by removing impurities
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Shambles
- slaughter house
- scene of a carnage
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Floe
mass of floating ice
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Pediment
triangular part above columns in Greek buildings
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Penance
self-imposed punishment for sin
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Potable
suitable for drinking
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Lionize
treat as a celebrity
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Deseutude
disused condition
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Patina
- green crust on old bronze works
- tone slowly taken by varnished paintings
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Peccadillo
slight offense
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Burnish
- make shiny by rubbing
- polish (v)
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Stultify
cause to appear foolish or inconsistent
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Missile
object to be thrown or projected
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Revelry
boisterous merrymaking
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Sub rosa
- in strict confidence
- privately
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Nave
main body of a church
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Abeyance
suspended action
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Conifer
- pine tree
- cone-bearing tree
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Magnate
person of prominence or influence
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Spatial
relating to space
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Nuptial
related to marriage
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Undulate
move with a wave like motion
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Ignoble
of lowly origin
unworthy
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Platitude
- trite remarks
- commonplace statement
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Polarize
split into opposite extreme or camps
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Nicety
- precision
- minute distinction
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Silt
sediment deposited by running water
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Thrifty
careful about money
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Dais
raised platform for guests of honour
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Hovel
- shack
- small wretched house
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Idiom
special usage in a language
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Risible
- inclined to laughter
- ludicrous
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Traverse
go through or across
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Transmute
- change
- convert to something different
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Homogeneous
of the same kind
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Masochist
person who enjoys his own pain
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Patische
imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing
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Pathos
- tender sorrow
- quality of an art or literature that produces such feelings
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Topography
physical features of a region
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Torso
- trunk of a statue with head and limbs missing
- human trunk
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Placebo
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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Paddock
saddling enclosure at race track
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Painstaking
- showing hardwork
- taking great care
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Palatable
- agreeable
- pleasing to taste
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Seine
net for catching fish
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Matriarch
woman who rules a family or a larger social group
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Pendant
hanging down from something
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Insolent
haughty and contemptuous
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Rhetoric
art of effective communication
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Lilliputian
extremely small
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Picaresque
pertaining to rogues in literatures
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Pivotal
central, critical
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Limbo
region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept
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Limn
portray, describe vividly
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Entomology
study of insects
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Entrance
put under a spell
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Entree(v)
entrance, a way in
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Harrow
break up ground after plowing
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Generic
characteristics of a class or species
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Gloat
express evil satisfaction
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Hegemony
dominance especially of one nation over another
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Impenetrable
not able to be pierced
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Implacable
incapable of being pacified
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Malapropism
comic misuse of a word
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Malcontent
person dissatisfied with existence state of affairs
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Onomatopoeia
words formed in imitation of natural sounds
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Onslaught
vicious assault
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Dregs
sediment, worthless residue
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Epithet
descriptive word or phrase
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Lineage
descent, ancestry
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Migrant
changing its habitat
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Bivouac
temporary encampment
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Absolute
complete, certain
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Absolve
pardon (an offense)
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Morganatic
describing a marriage between a member of a royal family and a commoner in which it is agreed that any children will not inherit title etc.
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Moribund
at the point of death
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Ossify
change or harden into bone
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Physiological
pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
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Gargoyle
waterspout carved in grotesque figure
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Gastronomy
science of preparing and serving good food
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Pacifist
one opposed to force
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Pachyderm
thick-skinned animal
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Incarnate
endowed with flesh, personified
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Rustic
pertaining to country people
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Impiety
irreverence, wickedness
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Simile
comparison of one thing with another
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Sleazy
flimsy, unsubstantial
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Conjecture
surmise, guess
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Manifold
numerous, varied
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Libido
emotional urges behind human activity
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Libretto
text of an opera
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Litotes
understatement for emphasis
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Magniloquent
boastful, pompous
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Cower
shrink quivering as from fear
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Anemia
condition in which blood lacks red blood corpuscles
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Restitution
reparation, indemnification
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Gluttonous
greedy for food
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Monarchy
government under a single ruler
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Philatelist
stamp-collecor
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Philistine
narrow-minded person
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Icon
religious image, idol
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Founder
person who establishes an organization or business
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Fraudulent
cheating, deceitful
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Fruition
bearing of fruit
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Fulcrum
support on which a lever rests
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Gadfly
animal-biting fly, an irritating person
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Irony
hidden sarcasm or satire
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Itinerant
wandering, travelling
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Scintilla
shred, least bit
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Subliminal
below the threshold
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Tactile
pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
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Trumpery
objects that are showy
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Trope
- figure of speech
- a word or expression used in a figurative sense
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Molt
shed or cast off hair or feathers
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Mulct
defraud a person of something
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Parched
extremely dry, very thirsty
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Forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
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Manipulate
operate with hands
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Knell
tolling of a bell at a funeral
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Detergent
cleansing agent
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Inviolability
security from being destoyed
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