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Adjectives
1. (adj.) gruff, hoarse, husky;
  - deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;
  - “gruff voices”; “the dog’s gruff barking”; “hoarse cries”; “makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) nefarious, villainous;
  - extremely wicked;
  - “nefarious schemes”; “a villainous plot”; “a villainous band of thieves”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) legislative act, statute;
  - an act passed by a legislative body;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) codified, statute;
  - enacted by a legislative body;
  - “statute law”; “codified written laws”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) soluble;
  - (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water);

2. (adj.) soluble;
  - susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained;
  - “the puzzle is soluble”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) renunciation, repudiation;
  - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid;
  - “Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated”;

2. (n.) apostasy, defection, renunciation;
  - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes);

3. (n.) renouncement, renunciation;
  - an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned;

4. (n.) forgoing, forswearing, renunciation;
  - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.);

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) susceptible;
  - (often followed by `of’ or `to’) yielding readily to or capable of;
  - “susceptible to colds”; “susceptible of proof”;

2. (adj.) susceptible;
  - easily impressed emotionally;

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Nouns
1. (n.) illusionist, seer, visionary;
  - a person with unusual powers of foresight;

2. (n.) seer;
  - an observer who perceives visually;
  - “an incurable seer of movies”;

3. (n.) oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinator;
  - an authoritative person who divines the future;

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Nouns
1. (n.) odium;
  - state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior;

2. (n.) abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium;
  - hate coupled with disgust;

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Nouns
1. (n.) sum-up, summary;
  - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form;
  - “he gave a summary of the conclusions”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) drumhead, summary;
  - performed speedily and without formality;
  - “a summary execution”; “summary justice”;

2. (adj.) compact, compendious, succinct, summary;
  - briefly giving the gist of something;
  - “a short and compendious book”; “a compact style is brief and pithy”; “succinct comparisons”; “a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) accoucheur, obstetrician;
  - a physician specializing in obstetrics;

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