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Assurance
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A positive declaration intended to give confidence.
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Asylum
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An institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
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Console
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To alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of;give solace or comfort.
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Dilate
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To make wider or larger; cause to expand.
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Dross
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Waste matter; refuse.
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Dwindle
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To become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away.
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Flippant
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Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness;characterized by levity.
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Immunity
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The state of being immune from or
insusceptible to a particular disease or the like. Noun |
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Institute
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To set up; establish; organize.
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Liability
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Moneys owed; debts or pecuniary
obligations ( opposed to assets). Noun |
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Preposterous
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Completely contrary to nature, reason, or
common sense;absurd; senseless; utterly foolish. Adjective |
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Pugnacious
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Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent;combative.
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Rabid
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Furious or raging; violently intense.
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Realm
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The region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs,prevails, or dominates.
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Rejuvenate
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To make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance,etc.
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