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SIP SIT SIU
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Vapor; clouds; halo; sleet; heaven.
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To shake; toss about; to search; to study the import of.
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Small; petty; contracted; light; a few; young.
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Exertion; effort; to force one's self; excellence.
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To connect; to continue in succession; to succeed.
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High; eminent.
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An instrument of music; to continue the virtues of a predecessor.
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Tuft of hair which hangs down from a child's head.
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To commence; to correct; to devise; project; intelligent.
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Few; small; young; to diminish; to owe; be wanting.
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Constitutional likeness as between parent and child; legitimate; filial.
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To reckon; count; a number; several; fate; few.
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To shake; agitate; brush or shake off.

Sip.

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Ten; two files of five persons each; mixed.
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Double or outer garments; to continue in succession; to invade.
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To gather together; collect; to inquire about.
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To practice; become accustomed to; repeat over and over; to learn thoroughly.
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Fearful; timid; cowardly.
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To fold up; a document folded up; to destroy.
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Glossy, shining feathers; lustre; effulgence.
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Damp; moist; hurried; depression of spirit.
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Low marshy land; a marsh.

Sit.

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Truth; true; sincere; real; full; solid; the kernel; grain; fruit.
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To fatten; to plant; cause to grow or flourish; erect.
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To lose; fail; miss; neglect; failure; loss.
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A dwelling; house; family; wife.

Siu.

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To swim.
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To collect or receive; to bind or restrain.
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To direct; regulate; adorn; cultivate the mind or heart.
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A comb; to comb; to dress.
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To be ashamed; conscious of having done wrong; to offer to a superior.
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To present food to a superior; to feed; food.
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To head; a chief; a leader; to head; to manifest; origin.