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Aesthetic
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(adj) pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beautysyn: artistic
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Defunct
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(adj) no longer in existence or functioning, deadsyn: extinct, nonexistentant: alive extant
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Discomfit
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(v) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrasssyn: nonplus, disconcert,...
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Espouse
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(v) to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marrysyn: embrace, wedant: repudiate,...
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Fetish
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(n) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverencesyn:...
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Gregarious
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(adj) living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of otherssyn: outgoing,...
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Hapless
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(adj) remarked by a persistent absence of good lucksyn: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunateant:...
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Importune
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(v) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistentlysyn: implore, entreat, dun, tax
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Interpolate
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(v) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correctionsyn: inject,...
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Impeccable
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(adj) faultless, beyond criticism or blamesyn: flawless, spotless, immaculateant: grimy, soiled,...
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Irreparable
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(adj) incapable of being repaired or rectifiedsyn: irremediableant: remediable, fixable, reversible
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Laconic
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(adj) concise, using few wordssyn: terse, succinct, pithy, compactant: garrulous, prolix, loquacious,...
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Languish
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(v) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglectsyn:...
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Mendacious
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(adj) given to lying or deception; untruesyn: untruthful, falseant: truthful, veracious
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Nadir
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(n) the lowest pointsyn: rock bottomant: apex, pinnacle, zenith
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