Related Words for explicit

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literal
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Adjective, Adjective
declared
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Adjective, Adjective
definitive
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Adjective, Adjective
stated
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Adjective, Adjective
unequivocal
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Adjective, Adjective
express
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Adjective, Adjective
graphic
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
implicit
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Adjective, Adjective
unambiguous
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Adjective
tacit
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
ambiguous
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Adjective
implied
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Adjective, Verb
gratuitous
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Adjective
vague
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Adjective
implication
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Noun
emphatic
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Adjective
explication
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Noun
overt
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Adjective
descriptive
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Adjective
clear
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Adjective
detailed
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Adjective
disavowal
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Noun
subtext
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Noun
suggestive
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Adjective
forceful
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Adjective
elaboration
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Noun
declarative
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Adjective
inference
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Noun
blatant
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Adjective
systematic
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Adjective
explanatory
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Adjective
provocative
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Adjective
unspoken
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Adjective
direct
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Adjective
erotic
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Adjective
subtle
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Adjective
allusion
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Noun
salacious
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Adjective
meaningful
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Adjective
categorical
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
straightforward
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Adjective
textual
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Adjective
indirect
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Adjective
precise
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Adjective
unstated
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Adjective
raunchy
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Adjective
concise
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Noun
formal
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Adjective
specific
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Adjective
empirical
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Adjective
lewd
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Adjective
substantive
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Adjective
verbal
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Adjective
consistent
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Adjective
prescriptive
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Adjective
euphemistic
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Adjective
inferred
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Verb
relevant
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Adjective
pornographic
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Adjective
deliberate
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Adjective
vehement
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Adjective
rigorous
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Adjective
nudity
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Noun
extensive
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Adjective
immediate
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Adjective
succinct
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Adjective
strict
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Adjective
explanation
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Noun
conceptual
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Adjective
pictorial
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Noun
qualitative
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Adjective
contextual
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Adjective
sexual
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Adjective
appropriate
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Adjective
lurid
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Adjective
normative
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Adjective
demonstrative
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Adjective
cryptic
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Adjective
fulsome
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Adjective
justification
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Noun
ambiguity
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Noun
compelling
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Adjective
acknowledgment
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Noun
evocative
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Adjective
abstract
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Name
subliminal
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Adjective
vulgar
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Noun
arbitrary
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Adjective
lascivious
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Adjective
declarations
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Noun
reflexive
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Adjective
sensual
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Adjective
sensuous
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Adjective
artful
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Adjective
consensual
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Adjective
vivid
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Adjective
actual
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Adjective
referential
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Adjective
veiled
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Adjective, Verb
symbolic
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Adjective
exact
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Adjective
specified
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Verb
particular
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Adjective
determinate
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Adjective
prespecified
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Adjective
distinct
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Adjective
given
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Verb
articulate
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Adjective
decided
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Verb
prescribed
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Adjective
certain
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Adjective
crystal clear
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Phrase, Adjective
patent
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Noun
labeled
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Verb
precision
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Noun
clinical
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Adjective
accurate
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Adjective
authorized
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Verb
established
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Verb
level
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Noun
delimited
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Adjective
writ large
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Phrase, Adjective
plain
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Noun
clarified
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Verb
proper
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Adjective
stipulated
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Adjective
univocal
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Adjective
forthright
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Adjective
apparent
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Adjective
specialized
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Adjective
purposive
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Adjective
collusion
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Noun
acknowledgement
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Noun
mention
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Noun
repudiation
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Noun
reference
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Noun
instructions
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Noun
permission
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Noun
authorization
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Noun
inclusion
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Noun
invocation
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Noun
enumeration
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Noun
denial
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Noun
formulation
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Noun
endorsement
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Noun
prohibition
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Noun
recognition
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Noun
linking
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Verb
formalized
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Verb
depictions
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Noun
articulation
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Noun
statement
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Noun
rejection
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Noun
guarantees
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Noun
admission
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Noun
algorithmic
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Adjective
anaphora
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Noun
approval
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Noun
assertion
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Noun
assumptions
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Noun
avowal
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Noun
blunt
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Adjective, Name, Verb
candid
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Adjective, Noun
claire
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Name
clarity
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Noun
clearly
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Adverb
conclusive
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Adjective
concrete
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
cursors
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Noun
definite
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Adjective, Noun
discernible
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Adjective
discordance
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Noun
euler
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Name
evident
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Adjective
expressly
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Adverb
firm
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flagrant
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Adjective
frank
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Name, Adjective, Verb
imprecise
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Adjective
indexation
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Noun
intensional
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Adjective
interpretative
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Adjective
invitation
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Noun
leap
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
lucid
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Adjective, Noun
manifest
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
marked
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Adjective
memory
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Noun
metaphoric
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Adjective
nuanced
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Adjective
ontologies
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Noun
open
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
outright
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outspoken
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Adjective
oversimplified
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Adjective
parsimonious
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Adjective
pragmatic
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Adjective, Noun
predictable
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Adjective, Noun
pronounced
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Adjective
recursion
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Noun
simplistic
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Adjective
strong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
tangible
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Adjective, Noun
unclear
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Adjective, Verb
unequivocally
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Adverb
visible
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Adjective
vocal
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Adjective, Noun
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
literally
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Adverb
anymore
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
collocation
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Noun