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1
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Labile

A

Liable to change

Easily altered

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Traipse

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Walk or move warily or reluctantly

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3
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Tergiversate

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Make conflicting or evasive statement

Change ones loyalties

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4
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Berserk

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Out of control

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5
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Recede

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Gradually diminish or move back

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Parlous

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Full of danger

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7
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Semiotic

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The study of signs and symbols and their use

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Careened

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Tilt or lean over

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Trundled

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Move slowly and heavily

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10
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Tarried

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Stay longer than needed

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11
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Sangfroid

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Poise composure or coolness

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12
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Mercurial

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Sudden unpredictable change in mood

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Vainglorious

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Excessive pride of oneself or achievement

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14
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Fascist

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A person who is intolerant and domineering

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Apposed

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Place something in proximity or juxtaposition

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Eremitic

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A recluse

17
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Bleated

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Speak or complain in a weak way

Cry

18
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Oligarchy

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A small group of people having control over an organization

19
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Rectitude

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Righteousness

20
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Scruples

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A feeling of doubt or hesitation

21
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Turpitude

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Depravity wickedness

22
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Stopgap

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A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need

23
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Chronology

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Arrangement of events or history

24
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Canonization

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Declare to be a saint

25
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Amity

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A friendly relationship

26
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Solace

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Comfort or console

27
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Plaudits

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To praise or applaud

28
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Irate

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Great danger

29
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Arcadian

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An idealized country dweller

30
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Squalid

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Extremely dirty and unpleasant

31
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Penumbra

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The shaded outer region of a shadow

32
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Utopia

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An imagined place or state of thing in which everything is perfect

33
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Hinterland

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An area lying beyond what is visible or known

34
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Tony

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Fashionable among wealthy or stylish people

35
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Impoverished

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Make poor

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