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Verbs
1. (verb) downplay, minimise, minimize, understate;
  - represent as less significant or important;

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1. (verb) adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch;
  - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;
  - “adulterate liquor”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) adulterate, adulterated, debased;
  - mixed with impurities;

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Nouns
1. (n.) outpost, outstation;
  - a station in a remote or sparsely populated location;

2. (n.) frontier settlement, outpost;
  - a settlement on the frontier of civilization;

3. (n.) outpost;
  - a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops;

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Nouns
1. (n.) preexistence;
  - existing in a former state or previous to something else;

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Verbs
1. (verb) cozen, deceive, delude, lead on;
  - be false to; be dishonest with;

2. (verb) betray, deceive, lead astray;
  - cause someone to believe an untruth;
  - “The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office;
  - an administrative unit of government;
  - “the Central Intelligence Agency”; “the Census Bureau”; “Office of Management and Budget”; “Tennessee Valley Authority”;

2. (n.) bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser;
  - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes;

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Verbs
1. (verb) underestimate, undervalue;
  - assign too low a value to;
  - “Don’t underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price”;

2. (verb) undervalue;
  - esteem lightly;

3. (verb) depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue;
  - lose in value;
  - “The dollar depreciated again”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) successful;
  - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome;
  - “a successful architect”; “a successful business venture”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) sedentary;
  - requiring sitting or little activity;
  - “forced by illness to lead a sedentary life”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) exposure;
  - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain;
  - “exposure to the weather”; “they died from exposure”;

2. (n.) exposure;
  - the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience;
  - “she denounced the exposure of children to pornography”;

3. (n.) exposure;
  - the disclosure of something secret;
  - “they feared exposure of their campaign plans”;

4. (n.) exposure;
  - aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces;
  - “the studio had a northern exposure”;

5. (n.) exposure, vulnerability;
  - the state of being vulnerable or exposed;
  - “his vulnerability to litigation”; “his exposure to ridicule”;

6. (n.) exposure;
  - the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate;
  - “he used the wrong exposure”;

7. (n.) exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture;
  - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material;

8. (n.) exposure;
  - the act of exposing film to light;

9. (n.) exposure;
  - presentation to view in an open or public manner;
  - “the exposure of his anger was shocking”;

10. (n.) exposure;
  - abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open);

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