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to invite a snub / to court a rebuff

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory

interesting / to interest