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jettison

throw overboard

inundate

cover with a flood; overwhelm

omnivorous

eating both plant and animal food; avidly taking in everything

pretentious

making extravagant or unjustified claims to distinction; showy; ostentatious

inveterate

confirmed in a habit

remiss

negligent in the performance of work or duty

amicable

friendly; peaceable

amnesty

pardon granted to a large group of individuals

rife

prevalent; abundant

subjugate

force to submit to control and governance

subterfuge

deceptive device

virulent

able to overcome bodily defensive mechanisms; extremely poisonous.

voracious

having a huge appetite; ravenous

zealot

fanatic; person fervently devoted to a cause or belief

complicity

association with or participation in a wrongful act