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inculcate

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to teach or impress by frequent repetiotion; to instill

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fodder

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feed for livestock; a resource

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didactic

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intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively

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benevolent

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characterized by doing good

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cavalier

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casual, disdainful

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confound

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to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse

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domineer

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to rule over arbitrarily or tyrannically

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courteous

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polite and gracioud; considerate toward others; well-mannered

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squalid

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having a dirty or lowly appearance

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smirk

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to smile in a self-satisfied or artificial way

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ritual

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a ceremonial act; a customary procedure

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liable

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legally obligated; likely (w/reference to an unfavorable outcome)

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glean

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to gather bit by bit

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plebeian

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common

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genre

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a kind, or type

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sloth

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laziness

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medley

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a mixture of things usually not placed together

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ornate

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highly, often excessively decorated

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savant

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a well- educated person; a scholar

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sybarite

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one devoted to luxury

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painstaking

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very thorough; careful

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soliloquy

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a dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself

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oaf

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a stupid, clumsy person

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phase

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a stage in a process of change or development

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morose

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sour tempered and inclined to be silent

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bemuse

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to confuse or stupefy

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scaffold

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a temporary platform used in work on a building

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litigant

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one who is engaged in a lawsuit

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acquit

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to declare free of guilt; to clear

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utilitarian

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stressing practical use over other values

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relic

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a surviving trace of a culture or period that no longer exists

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inconsequential

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umimportant

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mitigate

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to improve by lessening the severity of

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itinerary

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a route or proposed route for a journey

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vestige

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a trace of somehting that once existed but has disappeared

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reprieve

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to postpone or cancel punishment

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cohesion

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th eact or state of uniting or sticking together

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quiescent

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inactive, often suggesting a temporary state

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woe

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deep distress or misery; misfortune

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veritable

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being truly named; real or genuine

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pseudonym

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a fictitious name assumed by an author

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dilemma

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a situation in which one must choose between two equally bad alternatives

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fracas

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a noisy fight

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taciturn

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almost always silent; not likeing to talk

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tightfisted

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stingy; miserly

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bandy

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to pass (gossip, rumor, etc.) about freely and carelessly

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stringent

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imposing strict standards or perfomance; constricted

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assiduous

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diligent; hard-working; constant

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pore

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to read or study carefully

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definitive

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