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Adapted for grasping or holding.

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Prehensile

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Severe; gloomy; stern

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Dour

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Stretched tight, tidy

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Taut

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Abundant; great in number or amount.

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Rife

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Lazy

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Indolence

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To move or turn aside; to evade by putting aside or ignoring.

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Shunt

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Not to be able to be “turned against” or disputed; certain; indisputable.

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Incontrovertible

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Being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened.

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Benighted

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One who is in opposition of war or violence.

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Pacifist

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Something left to someone in a will

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Bequest

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Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious.

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Manifest

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A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without comprehension.

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Rote

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Anything that hinders, traps or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground.

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Morass

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The exercise or possession of supreme power.

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Reign

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An uproar; hubbub.

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Brouhaha

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Extreme or violent rage.

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Wrath

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The peak; the highest point.

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Zenith

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To quench; to satisfy a craving.

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Slake

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A place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion.

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Bedlam