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idle

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avoiding work; lazy.

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Indignantly

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in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair

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Heathenism

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a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry

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Forlornly

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desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance

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dejection

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a sad and depressed state; low spirit

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Sophisticate

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a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture

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Accommodate

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provide lodging or sufficient space fo

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Mutilate

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nflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

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Assimilationism

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s the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assume the values

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Incredulity

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the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something.

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Recitation

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the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

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acutely

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with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely.

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Haphazardly

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in a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization

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