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Vigorous; intense

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Rousing

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A daze; mental unawareness

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Stupor

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Futile; failing to achieve the desired result

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Vain

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Annoyed; irritated; fed up

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Exasperated

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Acting like a machine

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Mechanically

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Justified ; proven right

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Vindicated

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Resistance

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Defiance

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Proposal or plan

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Proposition

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The Illegal or unfair acquisition of money

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Graft

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Spread through; diffused

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Permeated

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Stubbornly

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Doggedly

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A book Used to record accounts and transactions

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Ledger

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Done secretly

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Furtively

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Harsh sounding; loud

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Raucous

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Strong, secure stronghold

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Bastion

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Righteously angry

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Indignantly

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Done Sorrowfully, usually due to being abandoned

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Forlornly

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To keep secret

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Suppress

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Puzzled; confused

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Quizzical

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Advocate of blending in with the culture

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Assimilationist

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Reciting a memorized speech

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Recitation

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Escaping; eluding

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Evading

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In a deeply engaged manner

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Raptly

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In a begging or pleading manner

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Beseechingly

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Slowly walks in measured steps as if on display

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Promenades

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Confused and surprised briefly

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Dumbfounded

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With careful attention

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Intently

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Odd; different from the norm

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Eccentric

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To put under or plunge into water; figuratively, to hide or cover something

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Submerge

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Excessively proper

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Primly

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Examining in detail

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Scrutinizing

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Mythical figure who stole fire from the gods or humans

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Prometheus

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Sorrowfully

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Plaintively

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Acceptance of the inevitable or unavoidable

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Resignation

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To come out from

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Emerge

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In a threatening way

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Menacingly

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Begging; pleading

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Imploring

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Doubt; disbelief

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Incredulity

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Refuses

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Rebuffs

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Deceitful; dishonest

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Deceptive

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Tragedy; large-scale disaster

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Catastrophe

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Not discouraged

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Undaunted

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Confused;stymied

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Nonplussed

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Disclosure or realization that reveals previously hidden information

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Revelation

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Loud ; irritating; high - pitched

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Strident

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High-level of joy

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Exuberant

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Silent communication using hands and facial expressions

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Pantomimes

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Stating clearly and distinctly

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Enunciating

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Worked at a task

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Labored

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Despise; have utter discuss for

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Deplore

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Nerve;insolence

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Gall

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Joking or jesting, often inappropriate

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Facetiousness

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Amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity

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Ludicrous

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Emotional disturbance

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Agitation

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Waits around; moves slowly

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Lingers

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Pains or makes ill

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Ails

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Steal; take forcefully

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Plunder

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Optical illusion; something you see that isn’t there

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Mirage

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Above the ordinary

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Exceptional

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Movement backward; going from a better to worse state

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Retrogression

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Out of style

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Outmoded

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Casualness; without seriousness

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Flippancy

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Long speech by an individual

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Monologue

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Sentence or phrase that summarizes a person’s life or character

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Epitaph

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Dream-like state

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Reverie

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Quickly; speedily

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Briskly

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Placed dangerously

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Precariously

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false appearances or reasons

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Pretenses

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