B-2 barton

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(of a person) elderly and weak or worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
decrepitude
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causing harm or damage.
deleterious
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inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.
dogmatic
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deceitfulness; double-dealing.
duplicity
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affected and overly refined or effeminate or no longer capable of effective action.
effete
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(of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.
efficacious
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a sculpture or model of a person.
effigy
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insolent or impertinent behavior.
effrontery
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outstandingly bad; shocking.
egregious
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evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
elicit
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abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
emaciated
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to spread out or originate from a source
emanate
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a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
emolument
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match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
emulate
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(of a disease) regularly occurring within an area or community, (of a plant or animal) native and restricted to a certain place.
endemic
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