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Insidious

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Treachery; slyness, working or spreading harmfully

2
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Repose

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Lie at rest; rest from work

3
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Debauche

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Lead astray morally; corrupt

4
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Antecedent

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Anything prior to another; ancestry past life

5
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Ingratiate

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Bring into another’s favor; install oneself to good graces

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Perturb

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To be alarmed, agitated or upset

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Dilatory

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Causing delay, slow, tardy

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Desolate

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Lonely, solitary; uninhabited, laid waste

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Elusive

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Tending to elude: evasive- escape from quickness

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Laudable

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Praiseworthy; commendable