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Abhor

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hate, detest

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abstruse

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hard to understand, secret, hidden

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acrimonious

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caustic, stinging, bitter in nature

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litigate

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to make subject of a lawsuit

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prodigal

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wasteful

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allegory

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figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another ie Dr. Lewis’s stories

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amatory

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pertaining to lovers or lovemaking

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amorous

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inclined to love, esp sexual love

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inamorata

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female lover

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amicable

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characterized by exhibiting good will

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ambulatory

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of, pertaining to, or capable of walking

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perambulator

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one who makes a tour of inspection on foot

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animus

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hostile feeling or attitude

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equanimity

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mental or emotional stability, especially under tension

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magnanimous

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generous in forgiving an insult or injury

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annals

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a record of events, esp yearly

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antebellum

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before the war (especially the American Civil war)

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antediluvian

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belonging to the period before the biblical flood, very old or old-fashioned

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misanthrope

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one who hates humanity or humans

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philanderer

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one who carries on flirtations

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antipathy

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aversion

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antipodal

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on the opposite side of the globe

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apogee

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the highest or most distant point

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apocryphal

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of doubtful authorship or authenticity

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apostasy

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a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc

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belittle

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to regard something as less impressive than it actually is

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bemoan

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to express pity for

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belie

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to misrepresent, contradict

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benign

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having a kindly disposition

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bona fide

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in good faith, without fraud

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recidivist

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one who repeatedly relapses, as into crime

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percipient

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having perception; discerning, discriminating

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precept

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a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct

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capitulate

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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms

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incarnation

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being invested with a bodily form

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castigate

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to punish in order to correct

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chaste

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free from obscenity, decent

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centrist

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of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas

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certitude

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freedom from doubt

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anachronism

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an obsolete or archaic form

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chronometer

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time piece with a mechanism to adjust for inaccuracy

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circumambulate

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to walk about or around

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incisive

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penetrating, cutting

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cloister

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a courtyard bordered with covered walks, especially in a religious institute

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preclude

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to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of

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proclivity

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inclination, bias

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conciliate

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to placate, win over

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incursion

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a hostile entrance into a place, esp suddenly

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cursory

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going rapidly over something, hasty, superficial

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accretion

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an increase by natural growth

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credo

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any formula of belief

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credulity

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willingness to believe or trust too readily