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The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Vocabulary Chapter One
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Feign (v)
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To imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend
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Supercilious (adj)
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Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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Conscientious (adj)
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Meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular
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Incredulous (adj)
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Indicating or showing unbelief
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Reciprocal (adj)
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Mutual; corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent
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Wan (adj)
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Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color
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Complacent (adj)
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Often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
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Intimidation (v)
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Make known subtly and indirectly; hint
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Infinite (adj)
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Infinite (v) Indefinitely or exceedingly large
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Anon (adj)
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In a short time; soon
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Vocabulary Chapter Two
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Contiguous (adj)
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Connecting without a break; uninterrupted
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Facet (n)
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Aspect; phase; side
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Cower (v)
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To crouch, as in fear or shame
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Interpose (v)
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To step in between parties at variance; mediate
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Apathetic (adj)
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Not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive
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Languid (adj)
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Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent
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Imply (v)
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To indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated
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Strident (adj)
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Having a shrill, irritating quality or character
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Deft (adj)
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Nimble; skillful; clever
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Clad (adj)
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Dressed; covered
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Vocabulary Chapter Three
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Permeate (v)
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To pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate
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Innuendo (n)
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An indirect comment about a person or thing; exp. Of a disparaging or a derogatory nature
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Erroneous (adj)
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Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
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Vehement (adj)
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Strongly emotional; intense or passionate
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Cordial (adj)
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Courteous and gracious; friendly; warm
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Impetuous (adj)
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Characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive
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Vacuous (adj)
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Lacking in ideas or intelligence
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Corpulent (adj)
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Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat
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Provincial (adj)
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Having the manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow; illiberal
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Din (n)
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A loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor
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Vocabulary Chapter Four
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Knickerbocker (n)
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Any New Yorker
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Fluctuate (v)
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To change continually; shift back and forth
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Sporadic (adj)
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Appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional
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Divine retribution (n)
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Punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions
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Rajah (n)
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A king or prince in India; a minor chief or dignitary
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Elicit (v)
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To draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke
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Valor (n)
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Heroic courage; bravery
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Somnambulatory (adj)
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Related to sleep walking
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Denizen (n)
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An inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place
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Jaunty (adj)
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Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
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Vocabulary Chapter Five
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Rout (n)
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An overwhelming defeat
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Suppress (v)
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To do away with; abolish; stop
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Innumerable (adj)
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Very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless
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Ecstatic (adj)
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Subject to or in a state of ecstacy; rapturous
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Reproach (v)
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To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame
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Serf (n)
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A slave
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Obstinate (adj)
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Inflexible; stubborn; not yielding
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Exult (v)
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To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant
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Hulking (adj)
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Heavy and clumsy; bulky
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Nebulous (adj)
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Hazy, vague, indistinct, confused
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Vocabulary Chapter Six
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Laudable (adj)
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Deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable
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Insidious (adj)
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Intended to entrap or trick
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Repose (n)
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Peace; tranquility; calm
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Debauch (n)
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An uninhibited spree or party
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Antecedent (n)
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A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon
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Ingratiate (v)
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To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort
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Perturb (n)
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To throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy
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Dilatory (adj)
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Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
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Desolate (adj)
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Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely
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Elusive (adj)
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Hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive
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Vocabulary Chapter Seven
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Lapse (n)
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A slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure (v) to come to an end; stop
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Insistent (adj)
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Earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistant
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Tentative (adj)
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Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
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Abrupt (adj)
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Sudden or unexpected
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Tumult (n)
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Uproar; disorder; highly distressing; agitation of mind or feeling
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Portentous (adj)
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Ominous, predictive of future bad events
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Irreverent (adj)
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Not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected
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Vicarious (adj)
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Taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute
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Rancor (n)
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Resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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Formidable (adj)
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Of great strength; forceful; powerful
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Vocabulary Chapter Eight
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Humidor (n)
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A container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist
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Indiscernible (adj)
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Cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible
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Settee (n)
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A seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered
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In cahoots (phrase)
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In partnership; in league with; in conspiracy
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Divot (n)
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A piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke
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Garrulous (adj)
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Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters
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Incoherent (adj)
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Without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling
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Conceivable (adj)
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Imaginable; believable
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Forlorn (adj)
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Desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
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Laden (adj)
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Burdened; loaded down
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Vocabulary Chapter Nine
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Pasquinade (n)
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A satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place
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Derange (v)
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To disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane
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Surmise (v)
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To think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
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Superfluous (adj)
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Being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless
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Elocution (n)
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A person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
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Unutterable (adj)
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Unspeakable; beyond expression
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Subtle (adj)
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Difficult to perceive or understand
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Orgastic (adj)
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At the height of emotional excitement
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Borne (v)
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Carried
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Ceaselessly (adj)
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Without stopping or pausing; unendlingly; incessantly
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