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To burden or weigh down somebody or something.

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Encumber

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A short personal account of an incident or event.

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Anecdote

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To steal goods using force, especially during war.

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Pillage

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4
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A thin fragile appearance;look needy.

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Waiflike

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5
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Not important.

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Insignificant

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A firmly held belief.

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Conviction

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An important process to enter into a group.

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Initation

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Likely to cause a contagious disease or to be infected with one.

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Pestilential

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9
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A building or furnace where bodies are incinerated.

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Crematory

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10
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The quality of, or having to do with the God or the divine.

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Divinity

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A baton carried as a symbol of rank; an officer’s club.

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Truncheon

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12
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So wicked or cruel as to be worthy of hell.

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Infernal

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13
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To act or compose something with little to no preparation.

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Improvise

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14
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Trustees or guards chosen from the prisoners.

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Kapos

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15
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To give someone’s wishes, to humor someone.

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Indulgently

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16
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Not emotional or unaffected by emotion.

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Unsentimental

17
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Air tight.

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Heremetically