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1. hinder or impede the movement or progress of
3. the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
5. relating to an owner or ownership
7. a small increase
10. lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
12. an act of asking for information
14. congregate or mass in a flock or large group
16. in exactly the same words as were used originally
17. a person or thing that influences another

2. open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
4. in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt
6. straight whiskey distilled from a mash having at least 51 percent corn in addition to malt and rye
8. make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse
9. abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment
11. in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
13. great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
15. the state of being strikingly different from something else