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Fanatic

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Marked by excessive enthusiasm, often intense devotion

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Predilection

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Natural liking for something

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Arbitrate

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Settle an argument between two people after hearing both sides

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Disproportionate

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Too large or too small in relation to something

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Ascertain

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To learn or find out

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger bc of something that is unfair or wrong

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Calamity

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Event that causes great harm and suffering

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Subservient

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Very willing or wanting to obey someone else

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Inequity

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Lack of fairness; unfair treatment

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Contentious

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Likely to cause people to argue or disagree

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Immaculate

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Perfectly clean, no flow

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Deposition

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Act of removing from a position of authority; testify before the court

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Plaintiff

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Person who sues another person or accuses another person of a crime in the court of law

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness; cheeky

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Excommunication

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To be deprived of the rights of a church

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Empower

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To give power to someone

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Indictment

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Official written statement charging a person with a crime

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Afflicted

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To have caused pain or suffering

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Unintelligible

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Not able to be understood

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Piety

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Devoted to god

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Enigmatic

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Full of mystery

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Heinous

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Very bad, evil; deserving hate or contempt

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Confiscate

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Approved by the government

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Impressionable

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Easy to influence

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Writhe

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Twist your body from side to side