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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Sycophant

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Bootlicker

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Dilettante

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Dabbler

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Virago

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Loud mouthed woman

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Chauvinist

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Excessively devoted to your affiliations

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Monomaniac

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One track mind, absurd obsession

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Iconoclast

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Violently against tradition

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Atheist

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No god

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Lecher

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Man whore

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Hypochondriac

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Always sick, making up illness

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Martinet (origin)

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Jean martinet French drillmaster

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Sykon

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Fig

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Phanein

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To show

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Dia-

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Through

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Diaphanous

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Filmy, flimsy, to show through

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Dilettare

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To delight

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Tyro

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Inexperienced beginner in an art

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Virtuoso

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Consummate skill in an art

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Libretto

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The story if an opera

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Concerto

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Musical composition

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Vir

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Man

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Termagant

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Uncomplimentary masculine nests

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Harridan

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Manly not in a good way

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Chauvin

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Guy who loved napoleon bullied for its

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Patriotic

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Love for ones country

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Pater, Patris

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Father

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Patrimony

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Inheritance from ones father

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Patronymic

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Name formed with the fathers name

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Onyma

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Name

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Synonym

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Together name

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Antonym

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Against name

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Homonym

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Same sound different spelling

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Homophone

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Sounds the same

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33
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Paternity

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Fatherhood

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Paternalism

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System of governance with father child like dynamic

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Patriarch

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Man leader

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Archein

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To rule

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37
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Patricide

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Killing your father

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Caedo

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To kill

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Mater, matris

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Mother

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Matriarch

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Mother ruler

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Maternity

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Motherhood

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Maternal

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Motherly

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Matron

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An older woman

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Alma mater

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Soul mother, school from which one graduated

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Matrimony

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Marriage

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Matricide

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Killing ones mother

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Suicide

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To kill oneself

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48
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Sui

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Of oneself

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Fratricide

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Killing of ones brother

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Frater, fratis

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Brother

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Sororicide

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Killing of your sister

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Soror

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Sister

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53
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Homicide

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Killing humans

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Homo

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Person

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Manslaughter

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No intent to kill

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Regicide

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King killing

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Rex, Regis

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King

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Uxoricide

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Wife killing

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Uxor

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Wife

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Mariticide

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Husband killing

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Maritus

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Husband

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Infanticide

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Killing newborns

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Infans, infantis

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Baby

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Parricide

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Killing parents

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Fraternize

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Have a brotherly relationship with

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Fraternal

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Brotherly,non identical

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Fraternity

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Men’s organization

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Sorority

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Women’s organization

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Uxorious

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Man who worships his wife

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Uxorial

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Characteristics of a wife

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Marital

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Pertaining to husbands or marraige

72
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Premarital

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Before marraige

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Extramarital

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Outside of marraige

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Tyrannosaurus rex

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King of the tyrant lizards

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Regal

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Royal

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Regalia

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Emblems of a king

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Dipsomania

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Compulsion to consume alcohol

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Kleptomania

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Stealing

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Dipsa

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Thirst

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Klepte

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Thief

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Pyromania

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Set fires

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Incendiary

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Maliciously sets fires

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Arson

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Setting fires for monetary gain

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Pyros

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Fire

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Incendo, incensus

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To set fire

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Ardo, arsus

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To burn

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Megalomania

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Dreams of grandeur

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Megas

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Great, large

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Nymphomania

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Female desire for sex

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Nymphe

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Bride

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Satyromania

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Male desire for sex

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Satyros

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Satyr

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Phobia

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Fatal repulsion

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Claustrophobia

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Fear of closed spaces

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Claustrum

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Enclosed Space

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of large spaces

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Agora

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Marketplace

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Acrophobia

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Fear of heights

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Akros

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Highest

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Eikon

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Religious image

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Klaein

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To break

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Gnostos

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To know

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Diagnosis

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Knowing through examination

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Prognosis

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Knowing beforehand, to know before

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Diagnostician

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Specialist who makes diagnoses

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Theos

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God

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Monotheism

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Belief in one God

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Polytheism

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Many gods

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Polys

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Many

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Pantheism

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All forces are God

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Pan

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All

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Theology

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Study of God

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Lechier

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To lick

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Libidinous

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Pleasurable

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Libido

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Pleasure

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Lascivious

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Wantonness

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Lascivia

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Wanton

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Lubricious

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Lecherous

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Lubricus

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Slippery

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Licentious

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To be permitted

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Licere

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To be permitted

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License

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Permission

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Illicit

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Not permitted

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Lewd

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Inappropriate

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Lowed

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Vile

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Lust

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Pleasure, desire

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Martinet

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Expect unquestioning obedience

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Prurient

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Person with sexual curiosity

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Prurio

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To itch

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Pruritis

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Itching without a rash

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Hypos

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Under

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Chondros

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Cartilage of the breastbone

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Hypodermic

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Under the skin

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Hypothyroid

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Thyroid doesn’t work as well

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

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Hyper

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Over

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Hypercritical

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Overly critical

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Hyperthyroid

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Over working thyroid

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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