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accrued
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adj 1: periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest";
"accrued leave" [syn: accrued, accumulated]
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allude
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v 1: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude,
touch, advert]
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altitude
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n 1: elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's
surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [syn:
altitude, height]
2: the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric
figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
3: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial
object) [syn: elevation, EL, altitude, ALT]
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amplitude
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n 1: (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
2: the property of copious abundance [syn: amplitude,
bountifulness, bounty]
3: greatness of magnitude
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aptitude
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n 1: inherent ability [ant: inaptitude]
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attitude
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n 1: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and
values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the
attitude that work was fun" [syn: attitude, mental
attitude]
2: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an
attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture,
attitude]
3: a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just
the right attitude"
4: position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of
reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
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barbecued
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adj 1: cooked over an outdoor grill [syn: barbecued,
grilled]
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beatitude
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n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness,
beatitude, beatification]
2: one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the
Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with
`beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are
the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"
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brood
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n 1: the young of an animal cared for at one time
v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: brood,
dwell]
2: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn:
brood, hover, loom, bulk large]
3: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting
because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout,
brood]
4: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood,
stew]
5: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
[syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate]
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certitude
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n 1: total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances
warrant [syn: certitude, cocksureness,
overconfidence]
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collude
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v 1: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a
deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired
to cause the value of the stock to fall" [syn: conspire,
collude]
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conclude
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v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We
reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
[syn: reason, reason out, conclude]
2: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
3: reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn:
conclude, resolve]
4: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by
Chopin" [syn: conclude, close]
5: reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement";
"We concluded a cease-fire"
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crude
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adj 1: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude
splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";
"rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough]
2: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a
crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a
revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of
language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude,
earthy, gross, vulgar]
3: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn:
unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed,
refined]
4: belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude
weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
"primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions
in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude, primitive,
rude]
5: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the
blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of
the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]
6: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn:
petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil
oil, oil]
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delude
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v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
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denude
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v 1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare,
denudate, strip]
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devalued
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adj 1: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased
currency" [syn: debased, devalued, degraded]
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disquietude
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n 1: feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable [syn:
edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude]
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dude
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n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow,
dude, buster]
2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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elude
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v 1: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded
the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The
event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk]
2: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you
are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape]
3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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exclude
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v 1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The
bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the
top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave
off, omit, take out] [ant: include]
2: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out
all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a
criminal record from entering the country" [syn: exclude,
keep out, shut out, shut] [ant: admit, include,
let in]
3: lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food
and beverages" [ant: include]
4: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
5: put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was
excluded from the game" [syn: eject, chuck out,
exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out]
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extrude
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v 1: form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude
steel" [syn: extrude, squeeze out]
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exude
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v 1: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude
sweat through the pores" [syn: exude, exudate,
transude, ooze out, ooze]
2: make apparent by one's mood or behavior; "She exudes great
confidence"
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feud
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n 1: a bitter quarrel between two parties
v 1: carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for
years"
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food
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n 1: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give
energy and build tissue [syn: food, nutrient]
2: any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a
source of nourishment; "food and drink" [syn: food, solid
food]
3: anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking [syn:
food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment]
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glued
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adj 1: affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; "he stayed
glued to one spot"; "pieces of pasted paper" [syn:
glued, pasted]
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include
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v 1: have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the
names of many famous writers" [ant: exclude]
2: consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of
culprits" [ant: except, exclude, leave off, leave
out, omit, take out]
3: add as part of something else; put in as part of a set,
group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in
the group"
4: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
"admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the
New Jersey Bar" [syn: admit, let in, include] [ant:
exclude, keep out, shut, shut out]
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intrude
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v 1: enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She
irrupted into our sitting room" [syn: intrude, irrupt]
2: enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my
land!" [syn: trespass, intrude]
3: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry,
nose, poke]
4: thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude
on the viewer" [syn: intrude, obtrude]
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lewd
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adj 1: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn:
lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]
2: driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful
desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: lascivious, lewd,
libidinous, lustful]
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mood
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n 1: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state
of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on
his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn:
temper, mood, humor, humour]
2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion";
"the national mood had changed radically since the last
election" [syn: climate, mood]
3: verb inflections that express how the action or state is
conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality]
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nude
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adj 1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the
waist up"; "a nude model" [syn: bare, au naturel(p),
naked, nude]
n 1: a painting of a naked human figure [syn: nude, nude
painting]
2: without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude');
"they swam in the nude"
3: a naked person [syn: nude, nude person]
4: a statue of a naked human figure [syn: nude, nude
sculpture, nude statue]
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obtrude
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v 1: push to thrust outward [syn: push out, obtrude, thrust
out]
2: thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude
on the viewer" [syn: intrude, obtrude]
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occlude
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v 1: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up] [ant: disengage, free]
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preclude
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v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense
of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the
projects precludes your involvement in the competitive
project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose,
preclude, forbid]
2: make impossible, especially beforehand [syn: preclude,
rule out, close out]
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prelude
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n 1: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces
what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to
employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn:
preliminary, overture, prelude]
2: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
v 1: serve as a prelude or opening to
2: play as a prelude
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protrude
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v 1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted
out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn:
stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project]
2: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude,
pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come
out]
3: swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the
huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude]
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prude
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n 1: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
[syn: prude, puritan]
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pseud
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n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
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pursued
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adj 1: followed with enmity as if to harm; "running and leaping
like a herd of pursued antelopes"
n 1: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and
forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: pursued,
chased]
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renewed
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adj 1: restored to a new condition; "felt renewed strength"
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rood
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n 1: representation of the cross on which Jesus died [syn:
crucifix, rood, rood-tree]
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rude
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adj 1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at
such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered, bad-
mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly]
2: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred,
bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish]
3: lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but
to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn:
uncivil, rude] [ant: civil, polite]
4: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural
yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales
of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)]
5: belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude
weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
"primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions
in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude, primitive,
rude]
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seafood
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n 1: edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or
shellfish or roe etc
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seclude
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v 1: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester,
sequestrate, withdraw]
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shrewd
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adj 1: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart
businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small
print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with
them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
[syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]
2: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the
community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving,
scheming, shrewd]
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skewed
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adj 1: having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the
picture was skew" [syn: skew, skewed]
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snood
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n 1: an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a
woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head
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stewed
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adj 1: cooked in hot water [syn: boiled, poached, stewed]
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subdued
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adj 1: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a
subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed,
muted, subdued, quiet]
2: restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-
keyed eloquence" [syn: low-key, low-keyed, subdued]
3: quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and
silent"
4: not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft
pastel colors"; "subdued lighting" [syn: soft, subdued]
5: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside
the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: dim,
subdued]
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transude
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v 1: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude
sweat through the pores" [syn: exude, exudate,
transude, ooze out, ooze]
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jude
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n 1: (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the
Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems
hopeless [syn: Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas,
Thaddaeus]
2: a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude [syn: Epistle
of Jude, Jude]
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masoud
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n 1: Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by
successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was
assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001) [syn:
Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud]
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brewed
0
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chewed
0
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construed
0
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cued
0
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definitude
0
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endued
0
-
ensued
0
-
eschewed
0
-
hued
0
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imbued
0
-
misconstrued
0
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previewed
0
-
reviewed
0
-
screwed
0
-
sued
0
-
tattooed
0
-
unglued
0
-
viewed
0
-
wooed
0
-
booed
0
-
clued
0
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cude
0
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gude
0
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plude
0
-
poohed
0
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rhude
0
-
roode
0
-
ruud
0
-
shooed
0
-
sood
0
-
spewed
0
-
stude
0
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trude
0
-
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0
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abboud
0
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abood
0
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aboud
0
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debuted
0
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likud
0
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mahmood
0
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mahmoud
0
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mahmud
0
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maksoud
0
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masood
0
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nonfood
0
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shampooed
0
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ballyhooed
0