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Atrophy

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Withering away (of muscle) n.

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Ascetic

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Self-denying (person) adj./n

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Auspicious

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Fortunate, favorable

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Banal

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Trivial, trite/unoriginal (adj.)

Lacking in originality

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Bane

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Downfall (n.)

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Beleaguered

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Besieged (adj.)

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Bellicose

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Argumentative (adj.)

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Bode

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Predict, indicate (v.)

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Bourgeois

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Middle class (negative) adj.

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Bravado

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False bravery (n.)

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Castigate

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Criticize sharply (v.)

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Caustic

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Corrosive, cutting (adj.)

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Choleric

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Angry (adj.)

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Circumscribe

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Limit, confine

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Circumvent

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Avoid, evade (v.)

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Clandestine

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Secret (adj.)

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Coalesce

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Unite, come together (v.)

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Cogitation

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Meditation, thought (n.)

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Collusion

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Conspiracy (n)

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Commensurate

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Equivalent (adj.)