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Enhance

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Intensify, increase, or improve the quality, value, or extent of

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Glutton

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An excessively greedy eater; a person who is excessively fond of or always eager for something

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Tout

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Attempt to sell, typically by pestering people

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Brawn

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Physical strength in contrast to intelligence

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Delineate

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Describe or portray something precisely

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal action or activity

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Efface

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Erase from a surface; make oneself appear insignificant

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Hinder

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Create difficulties for, resulting in delay

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Vernacular

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The language spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

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Hiatus

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A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process

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