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List 9 Flashcards

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accure

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to gather, to increase

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abstemious

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avoiding extremes, especially in eating and drinking

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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adulterated

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to ruin, to contaminate

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affront

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insult

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alcove

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indented portion of a room

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almanac

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annual book of statistics

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ambulatory

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able to move

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analogous

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similar

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annotator

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commentator, writer of notes of explanation

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antagonist

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an opponent

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antipathy

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dislike

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appropriation

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setting something aside for specific use

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ardent

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full of strong feelings

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articulate

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to speak clearly

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assiduous

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hard-working

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atrophy

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to waste away

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auspicious

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showing signs of future success, favorable

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aversion

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hatred

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baneful

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harmful

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bastion

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a fortified place

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beleaguer

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to weigh down, to burden

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bemoan

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to regret deeply

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bequeath

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to hand down

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betoken

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to be a sign of

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billowing

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rising and falling like a wave, swelling

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blithe

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happy, carefree

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boor

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rude person

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bulwark

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defensive wall

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caliper

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instrument that measures thickness

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capricious

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changeable, fickle

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catcall

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sound of disapproval

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caulk

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to deal

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chameleon

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lizard that can change colo, person who keeps changing

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chortle

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to laugh

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circumspect

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to laugh

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clandestine

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secret, hidden

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cognizant

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aware

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coined

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created

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comely

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attractive

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confederate

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friend, ally

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conjugal

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having to do with marriage

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consummate

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the best

to compelte

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contravene

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to go against

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copious

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plentiful

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cosmogrpaher

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one who studies the order of the inverse

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creed

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a system of beliefs

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culinary

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relating to cooking

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curtail

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to shorten

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dearth

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a shortage, an absence

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debunk

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to expose an untruth

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deed

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act

legal document indicating ownership

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deftly

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skillfully

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deleterious

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harmful

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depose

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to remove from office

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desiccate

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to dry out

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desultory

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aimless, without

directin

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devoid

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missing, compeltely without

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diatribe

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angry speech attacking someone

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digress

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to wander away, to ramble

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din

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loud, continuous noise

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disband

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to seperate, to break apart

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discursive

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wandering from one topic to another

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disparate

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different

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disseminate

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to spread widely

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divest

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to take something away from someone else (opposite of Invest)

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dolt

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stupid person

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dour

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silent and gloomy, unfriendly

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drone

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one who talks constantly

to talk monotonously

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duplicity

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hypocrisy, deception

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edict

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a command by authority

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effigy

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a statue or image of a person

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elegiac

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sad

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elucidate

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to make clear

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emphysema

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lung disease

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encipher

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to put into code, to disguise

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ensconce

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to settle comfortably, snugly

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entrenched

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held tightly, stuck

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ephemeral

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short lives

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equivocate

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to keep changing ones mind

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estrange

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to keep a distance

to stop caring for someone

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euphony

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harmony, pleasant sound

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exposition

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explantion

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extraneous

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extra, unnecessary, superfluous

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facsimile

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exact copy

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fatuous

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silly, foolish

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fiendish

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evil

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flout

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to reject openly

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forensics

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the study of argumentation

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fountainhead

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beginning, origin

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fussbudget

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fussy person

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galleon

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large ship

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gamut

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entire range of somehing

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garrulous

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overly talkative

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geyser

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spring that shoots up hot water and stem

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girth

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widths

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grating

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irritating, harsh-sounding

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hamlet

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small town or village

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helmsman

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one who steers a ship

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hone

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to sharpen

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ignoramus

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one who knows nothing

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impropriety

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improper behavior

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incontestable

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unquestionable

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inculcate

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to teach through repution

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indices

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measures, methods of comparing things

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too powerful to be conquered

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indomitable

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inextricable

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impossible to remove

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iniquity

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wickedness

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inoculation

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injection to prevent disease

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insular

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by itself, isolated

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intersperse

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to place or to scatter something thoughout something else

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invocation

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prayer

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irreverence

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lack of respect

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