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Adjectives
1. (adj.) abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy;
  - of the most contemptible kind;
  - “abject cowardice”; “a low stunt to pull”; “a low-down sneak”; “his miserable treatment of his family”; “You miserable skunk!”; “a scummy rabble”; “a scurvy trick”;

2. (adj.) abject;
  - most unfortunate or miserable;
  - “the most abject slaves joined in the revolt”; “abject poverty”;

3. (adj.) abject, unhopeful;
  - showing utter resignation or hopelessness;
  - “abject surrender”;

4. (adj.) abject;
  - showing humiliation or submissiveness;
  - “an abject apology”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) crass;
  - (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility;

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Nouns
1. (n.) marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock;
  - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);
  - “a long and happy marriage”; “God bless this union”;

2. (n.) matrimony;
  - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) inconsiderable;
  - too small or unimportant to merit attention;
  - “passed his life in an inconsiderable village”; “their duties were inconsiderable”; “had no inconsiderable influence”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) mirage;
  - an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects;

2. (n.) mirage;
  - something illusory and unattainable;

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Verbs
1. (verb) beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;
  - fill with sublime emotion;
  - “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”;

2. (verb) beatify;
  - make blessedly happy;

3. (verb) beatify;
  - declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood;
  - “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) penitential, penitentiary;
  - showing or constituting penance;
  - “penitential tears”; “wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude;
  - block passage through;
  - “obstruct the path”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) conjecture, speculation;
  - a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);
  - “speculations about the outcome of the election”; “he dismissed it as mere conjecture”;

2. (n.) conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise;
  - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;

3. (n.) conjecture;
  - reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence;

Verbs
1. (verb) conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;
  - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
  - “Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) subconscious, subconscious mind;
  - psychic activity just below the level of awareness;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) subconscious;
  - just below the level of consciousness;

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