Moral Taint Engulfs Sinister Despot

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	noun • Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
	40%	7		Don't vote for sailor with moral taint
	verb • refrain from voting • choose not to consume
	38%	12		Tree with a sinister name that engulfs its host
	noun • a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas • a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers

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