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Verbs
1. (verb) attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester;
  - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
  - “The FBI seized the drugs”; “The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”; “The police confiscated the stolen artwork”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) confiscate, forfeit, forfeited;
  - surrendered as a penalty;

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Nouns
1. (n.) cadenza;
  - a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music;

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Verbs
1. (verb) aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen;
  - make worse;
  - “This drug aggravates the pain”;

2. (verb) aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate;
  - exasperate or irritate;

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Nouns
1. (n.) mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner;
  - a worker who drives mules;

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Verbs
1. (verb) congregate;
  - come together, usually for a purpose;
  - “The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) sinecure;
  - a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached;

2. (n.) sinecure;
  - an office that involves minimal duties;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) empathetic, empathic;
  - showing empathy or ready comprehension of others’ states;
  - “a sensitive and empathetic school counselor”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) desultory;
  - marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another;
  - “desultory thoughts”; “the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) tincture;
  - a substances that colors metals;

2. (n.) shadow, tincture, trace, vestige;
  - an indication that something has been present;
  - “there wasn’t a trace of evidence for the claim”; “a tincture of condescension”;

3. (n.) shade, tincture, tint, tone;
  - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color;
  - “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”;

4. (n.) tincture;
  - (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution;

Verbs
1. (verb) impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture;
  - fill, as with a certain quality;
  - “The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”;

2. (verb) tincture;
  - stain or tint with a color;
  - “The leaves were tinctured with a bright red”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) inflow, influx;
  - the process of flowing in;

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