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defeatist |
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adj. resigned to defeat; accepting
defeat as a natural outcome |
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n. substance causing vomiting |
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v. degrade; humiliate |
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adj. twisted; with a humorous
twist |
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militant |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. having many talents; capable
of working in many fields |
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adj. regretful; sorrowful |
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adj. combative; bellicose |
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toga |
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n. Roman outer robe |
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n. fortress |
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n. pedestal; raised platform |
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adj. after death (as of child born
after father's death or book published after
author's death) |
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atrophy |
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n. wasting away |
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v. commence; go on board a
boat |
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n. study of insects |
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adj. hairy |
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behoove |
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n. armed band |
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v. be suited to; be incumbent
upon |
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v. plunder |
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v. show clearly |
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interminable |
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adj. endless |
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adj. expedient; prudent |
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v. soothe |
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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a
code; classify |
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foist |
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v. set free |
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v. lessen in value |
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v. insert improperly; palm
off |
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n. imitation of another's style in
musical composition or in writing |
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analgesic |
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adj. ghastly |
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n. hermit |
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adj. causing insensitivity to
pain |
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n. someone who wastes money |
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exacerbate |
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n. wrong name; incorrect
designation |
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n. motion; gesture |
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v. worsen; embitter |
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v. pare; cut off bits |
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braggart |
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v. join together, unite |
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n. boaster |
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adj. praising |
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n. distance around something;
circumference |
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dispel |
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v. make hostile; separate |
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adj. shining |
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adj. played in an abrupt manner;
marked by abrupt, sharp sound |
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v. scatter; drive away |
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actuarial |
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n. misgivings |
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n. spur; motive |
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adj. dark; vague |
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adj. calculating; pertaining to
insurance statistics |
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parley |
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v. put under a spell; carry away
with emotion |
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v. endure the effects of weather
or other forces |
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adj. indecent; obscene |
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n. conference |
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aggregate |
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adj. hollow |
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n. excess; overabundance |
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n. sum; total |
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adj. rosy; optimistic |
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sectarian |
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adj. narrow-minded; limited in
scope |
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n. questionable medicine |
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adj. inconspicuous; not
blatant |
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adj. truthful |
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disfigure |
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n. missile |
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n. long, eventful journey |
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n. moving force; incentive |
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v. mar the appearance of;
spoil |
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baffle |
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v. appease |
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v. related linguistically; allied
by blood |
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v. frustrate; perplex |
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n. learned Hindu; any learned
person |
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recuperate |
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adj. pertaining to marriage or the
matrimonial state |
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v. recover |
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v. to wind or turn in its
course |
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v. ostracize; banish |
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bigotry |
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n. stubborn intolerance |
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adj. sheer; transparent |
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n. food |
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v. enlarge |
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spatula |
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n. broad-bladed instrument used
for spreading or mixing |
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n. significance |
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v. deprive of a civil right |
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n. idle person; male bee |
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fulminate |
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v. thunder; explode |
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v. state without proof |
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adj. superficial; not
thorough |
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n. person of prominence or
influence |
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cohorts |
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n. armed band |
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n. balance; balancing force |
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v. approve; ratify |
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v. give in; surrender |
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intermittent |
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v. pardon (an offense) |
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adj. moved by sexual love;
loving |
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adj. periodic; on and off |
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n. precision; minute
distinction |
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runic |
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n. effort; expenditure of much
physical work |
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adj. mysterious; set down in an
ancient alphabet |
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adj. requiring sitting |
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v. consider; ponder |
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odious |
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n. wild tumult |
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n. subordinate possessions |
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adj. hateful |
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adj. depressed; gloomy |
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philatelist |
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v. pretend; conceal by
feigning |
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n. stamp-collector |
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adj. dirty; neglected |
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adj. swift; momentarily
brilliant |
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reconcile |
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v. correct inconsistencies; become
friendly after a quarrel |
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n. supplicatory prayer |
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v. avoid committing oneself; gain
time |
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adj. without feeling |
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redundant |
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adj. superfluous; excessively
wordy |
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v. suppress; extinguish |
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adj. deep-rooted; habitual |
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v. bear fruit |
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stilted |
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n. a small allowance or wage |
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adj. poisonous |
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adj. all-powerful |
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adj. bombastic; stiffly
pompous |
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temporal |
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adj. not lasting forever; limited
by time |
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adj. keen; shrewd |
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v. surrender |
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v. bring upon oneself |
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annihilate |
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adj. causing plague; baneful |
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n. use of force |
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v. destroy |
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adj. profitable |
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discombobulated |
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n. devoutness; reverence for
God |
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adj. confused; discomposed |
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ad. apart; reserved |
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adj. pertaining to marriage or the
matrimonial state |
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hinterlands |
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n. bundle of stalks of grain; any
bundle of things tied together |
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n. back country |
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adj. wild; sensational |
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adj. idealistic but
impractical |
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harbinger |
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v. shorten; reduce |
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n. forerunner |
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v. issue forth |
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v. harass, annoy, torment;
raid |
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random |
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v. increase |
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adj. without definite purpose,
plan, or aim; haphazard |
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adj. two-chambered, as a
legislative body |
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v. move faster |
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faze |
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n. conceit; vanity |
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adj. relating to cooking |
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n. savor; enjoy |
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v. disconcert; dismay |
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satyr |
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adj. naive; young and
unsophisticated |
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n. informal discussion |
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n. half-human, half-bestial being
in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and
cunning |
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v. work laboriously; make slow
painful progress |
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inundate |
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v. overflow; flood |
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n. person concerned with the
interrelationship between living organisms and
their environment |
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adj. mild; fragrant |
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n. deification; glorification |
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dawdle |
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n. mixture of writings on various
subjects |
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v. loiter; waste time |
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adj. pertaining to a bishop or
pope; pompous or pretentious |
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adj. loud and harsh |
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mollify |
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n. mechanism that imitates actions
of humans |
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n. prototype; primitive
pattern |
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adj. unoriginal; obtained from
another source |
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v. soothe |
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