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Keen

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Sharp,eager, intense, sensitive

The butcher’s keen knife cut through the meat

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abandon

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Desert,leave without planning to com back,quit

When Roy abandoned his family the police went looking for him

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Jealous

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Afraid that the one you love might prefer someone else,wanting what someone else has

A detective was hired by the jealous widow to find the boyfriend who had abandon her

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Tact

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Ability to say the right thing

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Oath

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A promise that something is true thing,

A curse

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Vacant

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Empty, not filled

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Hardship

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Sometimes that is hard to bear, difficulty

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Gallant

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Brave, showing respect for women

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Data

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Facts, information

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Unaccustomed

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Not used to something

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Bachelor

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A man who has not married

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Qualify

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Become fit, show that you are able

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Corpse

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A dead body, usually of a person

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Conceal

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Hide

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Dismal

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Dark and depressing

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Frigid

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Very cold

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Inhabit

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Live in

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Numb

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Without the power of feeling,deadened

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Peril

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Danger

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Recline

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Lie down, stretch out, lean back

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Shriek

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Scream

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Sinister

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Evil, wicked, dishonest, frightening

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Tempt

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Try to get someone to do something, test, invite

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Wager

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Bet