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Puritan Accepts Corrupt Project

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verb

• extend out or project in space

• bulge outward

• swell or protrude outwards

30%10Accepts a job or project
verb

• enter upon an activity or enterprise

• accept as a challenge

• promise to do or accomplish

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• accept as a charge

27%6 Based on Edgar Allan Poe's quote: "The ******ians, back when Boston was a puritan stronghold"
noun

• state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

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