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Defunct

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No longer in existence or functioning, dead

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

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Discomfit

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To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

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Espouse

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To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

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Fetish

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An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

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Gregarious

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Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

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Hapless

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Marked by persistent absence of good luck

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Impeccable

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Faultless, beyond criticism or blame

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Importune

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To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

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Interpolate

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To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

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Irreparable

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Incapable of being repaired or rectified

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Laconic

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Concise, using few words

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Languish

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To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

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Mendacious

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Given to lying or deception; untrue

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Nadir

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The lowest point

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Omnipresent

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Present in all places at all times

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Perfunctory

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Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

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Plaintive

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Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

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Requite

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To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

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Tantamount

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Equivalent, having the same meaning, value or effect