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eschew

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avoid, escape

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ancillary

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something in addition to main part or function, secondary or subsequent

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expatriate

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leave ones country

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impetus

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catalyst

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efflorescence

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flowering, manifesting

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reproach

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disgrace; expression of rebuke

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morass

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sticky situation; overwhelmed mass; marsh

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sanguine

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confident, hopeful

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ephemeral

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lasts a short time

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egregious

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notably bad

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precept

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law

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enmity

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unfriendly feeling

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veracity

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accuracy

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acrimony

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harsh, biting disposition

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imperial

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country increases power by controlling others

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cloister

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monastery or convent

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pleiotropic

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having multiple effects

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pundit

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knowledgeable media figure

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ostensible

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plausible, but not necessarily true