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Doggerel

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Poor verse

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Disgruntle

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Make discontented

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Caricature

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Distortion; Burlesque

4
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Guileless

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Without deceit

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Implication

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Something hinted at or suggested

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Embed

A

Enclose; Place in something

7
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Snivel

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Run at the nose; Snuffle; Whine

8
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Slacken

A

Slow up; Loosen

9
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Claustrophobia

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Fear of being locked in a small close space

10
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Philistine

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Narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

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Trite

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Hackneyed; Commonplace

12
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Malcontent

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Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

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Firebrand

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Hothead; Troublemaker

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Explicit

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Totally clear; Definite; Outspoken

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Incontinent

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Lacking self-restraint; Licentious; Unable to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily

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Jocose

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Given to joking

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Badinage

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Teasing conversation

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Indigent

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Poor; Destitute

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Rarefied

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Made less dense (of a gas); Esoteric; Very high and pure; Grand

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Bereavement

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State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

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Adventitious

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Accidental; Casual

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Irreconcilable

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Incompatible; Not able to be resolved

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Recrimination

A

Countercharges

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Duplicity

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Double-dealing; Hypocrisy

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Fell

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Cut or knock down; Bring down (with a missile)

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Discredit

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Defame; Destroy confidence in; Disbelieve

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Ardent

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Intense; Passionate; Zealous

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Distend

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Expand; Swell out

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Nocturnal

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Done at night

30
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Duress

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Forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

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Moratorium

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Legal delay of payment; A suspension of activity

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Vertigo

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Severe dizziness

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Lackluster

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Dull

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Fatuous

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Foolish; Inane

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Dissonance

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Discord

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Arrears

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Being behind in repaying debt

37
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Stigma

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Token of disgrace; Brand

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Abusive

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Coarsely insulting; Physically harmful

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Liability

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Drawback; Debts

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Tome

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Large volume

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Lunar

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Pertaining to the moon

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Cerebration

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Thought

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Swarm

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Dense moving crowd; Large group of honeybees

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Defunct

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Dead; No longer in use or existence

45
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Naiveté

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Quality of being unsophisticated; Simplicity; Artlessness; Gullibility