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Cater

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To satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant. To supply food and service

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Available

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Ready to use, at hand

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Customary

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Usual, expected, routine

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Dissuade

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To persuade not to do something

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Entrepreneur

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A person who starts up and takes on the risk of business

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Firebrand

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A piece of burning wood. A troublemaker. An extremely energetic or emotional person

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Hazard

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Risk, peril. To expose to danger or harm. To gamble

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Homicide

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The killing of one person by another

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Indifference

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A lack of interest or concern

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Indignant

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Filed with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy or mean

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Indispensable

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Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

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Lubricate

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To apply oil or grease. To make smooth, slippery, or easier to use

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Mutual

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Shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more

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Pelt

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To throw a stream of things, to strike successfully. To hurry

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Plague

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An easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths. A widespread evil. To annoy or bother

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Poised

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Balanced, suspended. Calm, controlled. Ready for action

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Regime

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A government in power. A form of system of rule or management. A period of rule

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Retard

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To make slow, delay, hold back

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Transparent

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Allowing light to pass through. Easily recognized or understood. Easily seen through or detected

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Unscathed

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Wholly unharmed, not injured