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impovershed

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reduced to poverty

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avail

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advantage

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conceited

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having an excessively favourable opinion of one abilities , appearence ect

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indignation

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strong displeasure at something considered unjust offensive, insulting

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solitude

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the state of living alone

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resignation

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a. an accepting unresisting atttitude

b. the act of retiring from a position

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summon

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an order to come before a judje

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conspicously

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in a way tha attracts notice or attention

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disavow

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to deny responsibility for

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Impetus

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a. a driving force, impulse

b. incenticve stimulus

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trepidation

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a feeling or fear about something that may happen

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protrude

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a bump or something which protrudes rom something

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rhetorical

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a question asked in order to create an effect on an audience

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obstinate

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stubbornly refusing to change ones opinon or chosen course of action despite attemps to persuade one to do so

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disgruntled

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angry or disastisfied

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