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Peatland

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Wetland with thick layers of dead or dying organic material

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Moratorium

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A temporary prohibition of an activity

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Balk

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Hesitate or be wiling to accept an idea or undertaking

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Respite

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A short period of rest of relief from something difficult or unpleasant

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Pique

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Feel irritated or resentful

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Emir

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A ruler, chief, or commander in an Islamic country

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Matatus

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A privately owned minibus

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Cornucopia

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A great amount or source of something

A container shaped like a horn and is full of fruits and flowers

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Ethereal

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Very delicate, in heaven something belonging to another world

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Pockmark

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Cover or disfigured with pockmarks

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, and inventive

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Wrench

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A feeling of sadness or distress caused by one’s own or another departure

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Conspicuous

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Stand out

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Implore

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Beg someone to earnestly or desperately to do something

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Mantle

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An important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another

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Illicit

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Not allowed by law

Involving activities that are not considered morally acceptable

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Entrepôt

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A port city

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Kiln

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A pot to heat ceramic for example

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Derelict

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In s very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect

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Emote

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Esp of an actor, portray emotion in a theatrical manner

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Plebiscite

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A vote by which the people of a country or region express their opinion for or against an important proposal

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Regent

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A person who governs a kingdom when the king/ queen is not available

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Legume

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A plant

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Sine qua non

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Something that is absolutely needed

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Aloft

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In the air

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Liaise

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Establish a working relationship in order to cooperate on a matter of mutual concern

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Precedent

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An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example

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indecorous

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Improper

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Profligate

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Careless and foolishly wasting money, materials, ect.

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Claustrum

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Part of the cerebral hemorrhage region of the brain

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Prion

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Part of southern part of the brain

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Epidemiogy

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Study of patterns, causes, and effects of health

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Insoluble

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Impossible to solve

Incapable of being dissolved

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Reveler

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A person who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way

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Treatise

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A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

Disquisition, oeuvre, mo graph, opus, essay, etc.

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Wayward

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Difficult to control or predict b/c of unusual or perverse behavior

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Farrago

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A confused mixture

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Demagogue

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Appealing to popular desires and prejudices instead of rational argument

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Innumerate

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A person lacking basic math skills

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Feign

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Fake, pretend , sham,

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Tarry

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Stay longer than intended

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Priggishness

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Demonstrating conformity or propriety In a smug manner

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Scourge

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Cause great suffering to

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Hagwon

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For profit school in South Korea

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Blip

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Something that is small or unimportant or that does not last a long time

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Denuding

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To strip of its coverings, possessions or assists; make bare

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Clout

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Influence of power esp in politics and businesses

Heavy blow with hand or a hard object

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Deplore

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Feel or express strong disapproval of something

To hard or dislike something very much to strongly disapprove

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Moot

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Raise ( a question of topic) for discussion ; suggest ( an idea or possibility)

Raise, broach, introduce, advance, propose, suggest

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Spoilt

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Past and past participle of spoil

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Abet

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Encourage or assist someone to do something Wong I. Article to commit a crime or other offense

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Presage

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Be a sign or warning that Anthony bad will happen

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Fodder

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Food, especially dried hay for cattle and other livestock

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Sartorial

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Of or relating to clothes or style of dress

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Scoff

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Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

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Haj

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A pilgrimage to Mecca

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Enjoin

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Instruct or urge someone to do something

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Ingress

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Entrance

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Circumambulation

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Walk all the way around

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Reimpose

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Impose something like a law esp after a lapse

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Volte- face

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A complete change of attitude or attitude

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Fray

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Show effects of strain

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Geriatric

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Old person esp receiving care

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Archetype

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A very typical example

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Consort

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Habitually associated with someone typically with the disapproval of others

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Harangue

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A lengthy an aggressive speech

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Abound

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Exist in large amounts or numbers

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Quaff

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Drink especially alcohol heartily

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Officialdom

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He people in an organization or gov who are in position of authority

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Jaundiced

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Affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy

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Becalm

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Leave( a sailing vessel) unable to move through lack of wind

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Acumen

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The about to make good judgments and quick decisions

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Foment

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Instigate or stir up

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Ponderosa

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A tall pine tree

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Whigs

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British political party

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Vexillologist

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Study of flags

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or confidence

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Propagate

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Spread or promote

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Ire

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Anger

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Irksome

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Irritating annoying

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Acumen

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Ability to make good judgements

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Jaunty

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Having or expressing a lively cheerful and self- confident manner

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Fete

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Verb

Honor or entertain someone lavishly

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Intraday

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Adj

Occurring within one day

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Dubious

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Hesitation or doubting

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Embolden

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To make someone more confident

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Wretched

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Of a person, in a very unhappy or unfortunate state

Miserable, gloomy, disconsolate, morose

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Rout

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A disorderly retreat of defeated troops

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Rapprochement

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(Esp of international relations ) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations
Reconciliation

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Disown

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Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with

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Disquiet

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A feeling of anxiety or worry

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Borne

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Past participle of bear

Carried or transported by

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Elide

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Omit ( a sound or syllable) when speaking

Join together; merge

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Petard

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An explosive device

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Spate

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A large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick successions

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Rabidly

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Having or expressing a very extreme opinion about or interest in something

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Rebut

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Claim or prove that evidence or accusation is false

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Surge

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A sudden powerful forward or upward movement

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Oxfan

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International org (17 groups) that helps fight poverty and fights for justice around the world

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Stringent

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Strict, precise, and exacting

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Aggrieved

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Feeling resentful at having bee unfairly treated

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Charade

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An absurd pretense intended to create pleasant or respectable appearance
Farce, pantomime, travesty, parody, pretense, masquerade

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Transgress

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Infringe or go beyond the bounds

Misbehave

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Unwittingly

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Not aware of what is really happening

Not intended or planned

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Intimate

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To say or suggest something in an indirect way

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Futility

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Pointlessness or uselessness

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Essaying

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Attempt or try

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Barring

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Except for ; if not for
Barring a miracle, you’ll lose
Excluding

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Precedent

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An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in side quest similar circumstances

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Wonky

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Crooked; off center; askew

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Plodding

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Slow moving and unexciting

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Enviable

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Arousing or likely to arouse envy

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Demography

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Study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, eye.

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Pretty

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Charmed

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Phlegmatic

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Stoic, unemotional , calm disposition

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Consolatory

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Giving comfort

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Enmity

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A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred ; I’ll will; animosity , antagonism

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Witterings

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A piece of info as a sign , token, or hint

The anti-Islamic withering a of some Republican presidential candidates support that analysis.

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Adept

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A highly skilled or well trained person

Someone who is adept at something

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Bilious

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Affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting

Spiteful; bad tempered

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Resent

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Feeling bitterness or indignation

Begrudge, dislike

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Unilateral

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Affected by only side

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Rank and file

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The ordinary members of an organization

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Tit for tat

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Retaliation

Scratch each other’ s backs

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Fringes

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An area of activity that is related to but not part of whatever is central or most widely accepted.
A group of people with extreme views

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Rapporteur

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A person appointed by an organization to report on the proceedings of a meeting

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Apotheosis

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The highest point in the development of something

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Lambaste

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Criticize someone harshly

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Contrived

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Created artificially and unrealistic

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Hews

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Confirm or adhere to

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Hew

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Conform or adhere to

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Loom

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S machine used to weave cloth and tapestry

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Confound

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Cause surprise of confusion Not expected

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Sleuth

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Carry out an investigation / search

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Snafu

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A confused chaotic mess

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Au pairs

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Domestic help who is a foreigner

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Winnow

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To remove from a larger group or list

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Cagey

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Reluctant to give info owing to caution or suspicion

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Fraught

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Causing or affected by great anxiety or stress

Fraught with complexities

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Vagaries

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An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or n someone’s behavior

Change, fluctuation , variation , whimsy, eccentricity

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Confer

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Grant or bestow ( a title, degree, or right)
Moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her….

Have discussions; exchange opinions
The officials were conferring with allies

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Elucidate

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Make something clear; explain

Clarify, explain, illuminate

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Heuristic

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Enabling a person to discover to learn something for themselves

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Excise

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A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities

Duty, tax, levy, tariff

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Indices

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Plural of index
An indicator, sign, or measure of something
Exam results may serve as an index of the teacher’s effectiveness

Record (names, subjects, etc) in an index
The list indexes these under regional headings List , catalog, itemize, inventory

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Egalitarian

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Of, relating to, or believing in the principles that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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Outset

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The start or beginning of something
A field of which he had known nothing at the outset and learned on the job

Start, opening , inauguration, birth etc.

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Exhortation

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An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something
Encouragement, persuasion , pressure

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Doubly

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Twice the normal extent or degree

We’re going to have to work doubly hard

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Catacombs

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Underground tombs

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Mahdi

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In Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi or Imam Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule for 7, 9, or 19 years before the day of judgement

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Recant u

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Say that one no longer holds an opinion of belief

Renounce, disavow, deny, repudiate

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Feigned

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Insincere

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Truncate

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Shorten something by cutting off the top or the end

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Insatiable

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Impossible to satisfy

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Denizens

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An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place

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Furtive

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Secretive

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Maquette

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French word for scale model

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Abound

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Exist in large numbers or amounts

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Besmirched

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Damage the reputation

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Plutocrats

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Small group of rulers, oligarchy

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Machination

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Schemes, plots

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Obstinate

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Stubborn , unyielding

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Petuntse

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Chinese stone

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Iridescent

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Showing luminous colors

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Inscrutable

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Impassible to understand or interpret

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Scrutable

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Easy to understand or decipher

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Scry

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To foretell the future

Verb

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Soothsaying

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Gift of knowing the future

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Eschew

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Deliberately avoid using; abstain from

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Factotum

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An employee who does all kinds of work

Handyman

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Sense and avoid

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Automatic avoidance of each other’s airspace via aircrafts versus the manual versus of “see and avoid”

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Putative

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Generally considered or reputed to be
The putative father of a boy of two
Generally believed to be something

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Doing business index

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An index created by the World Bank Group. Higher ranking ( a low value) indicates better

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Compendium

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A collection of concise but detailed info about a particular subject
Collection , compilation , digest, ect.

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Stave off

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Avert or delay something bad or dangerous

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Frothy

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An economic term meaning to be angry

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Macroprudential

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An approach to financial regulation to mitigate risk of financial system

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Riposte

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A quick and clever reply to an insult or criticism

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Bode

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Be an omen of a particular outcome

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Fissiparous

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Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups

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Palmyra

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Ancient city in Syria

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Vet

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Make a careful and critical examination

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Seethe / seething

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Of a liquid, bubble up as a result of being boiled boiled

-boiling point

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Embolden

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Give someone courage or confidence

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Goad

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Provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate some action or reaction

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Scuttle

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Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps

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Aegis

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The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization

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Plebiscite

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A vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal esp on a choice of gov or ruler

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Vilify

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Write of speak about I. An abusively disparaging manner

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Staid

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Serious and conventional , characterized by sedateness and often strait- laced sense of propriety

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Scatological

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Interest in or treatment of obscene matters esp in literature

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Evince

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Reveal the presence of a quality or feeling
Be evidence of; indicate
His letters evince the excitement he felt at undertaking this journey
Revel, show, manifest, display

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Aggregators

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A website or program that collects related items of content and displays them or links to them.

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Purveyors

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A person who sells or deals in particular goods

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Skulduggery

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Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior ; trickery

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Debut

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A person’s first appearance of performance in a particular capacity or role
Launch, I agitation, entrance

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Afoot

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In preparation or progress; happening or beginning to happen

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Revamp

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Give new and improved form , structure, or appearance to

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Private equity firm

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An investment manager that makes investments in the private equity of operating companies …..

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