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| 2 | deal out, visit upon |   
| 4 | pact, league, coalition |   
| 6 | useless, vain, unproductive, futile |   
| 7 | rush, dash, scramble |   
| 9 | (v) flinch, shudder, recoil |   
| 10 | dismay, demoralize, dispirit |   
| 11 | combustible, flammable, excitable |   
| 13 | lethal, wicked |   
| 15 | functioning as, equivalent to |   
| 17 | traditional, standard, customary |   
| 18 | perverse |   
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| 1 | gain, acquire, achieve |   
| 3 | arguable, debatable |   
| 5 | unfriendly, unfavorable |   
| 7 | lively, animated, gallant |   
| 8 | drenched, waterlogged, saturated |   
| 12 | baffle, perplex |   
| 13 | humiliate, embarrass, abash |   
| 14 | jester, fool |   
| 16 | (adj) invalid, vacant, bare |   
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