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Bonanza

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Any rich source of profit

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Adage

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A know proverb

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Churlish

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Rude or surly

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Citadel

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Fortress commanding a city

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Collaborate

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Work together

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Decree

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Something ordered or settled

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Discordant

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Not on agreement

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Evolve

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Develop gradually

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Excerpt

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Passage taken out of a book

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Grope

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Feel about with hands

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Hover

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Remain suspended in air

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Jostle

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Shove or push

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Laggard

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Person who moves slowly

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Plaudits

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Round of applause

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Preclude

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Shut out

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Revert

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Go back, return

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Rubble

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Rough broken stones

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Servile

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Slavishly submissive

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Vigil

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Wakefulness maintained for any reasons

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Wrangle

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To argue or dispute.