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acclimatization

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becoming used to doing something, getting comfortable

like climate

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abase

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to lower, to humble

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acquiesce

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to agree, to give Into

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adjunct

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something attacked to a main body

junk

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air

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to bring out into the open

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allegory

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symbolic story

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altruism

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goodness, selflessness, generosity

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amorphous

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without shape

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anterior

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placed in front, earlier

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aperture

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opening, hole

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apprehensive

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worried

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arcane

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mysterious, secret

Arcadia

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ascetic

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a person who refuses bodily pleasure

without luxuries

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assuage

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to calm down, to soothe

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avow

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to swear by

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balk

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to hesitate suddenly

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becalmed

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made peaceful or still

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bellicose

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warlike in manner

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berate

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to scold, to criticize

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blunderbuss

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old fashioned shotgun

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bourgeois

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middle class 
conformist and materialistic
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browbeat

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to intimidate, to bully

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burnish

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to polish, to shine

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cacophonous

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harsh sounding, not harmonious

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callow

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immature, inexperienced

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catharsis

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sudden emotional relief

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caustic

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unkind, bitter, sarcastic

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ceremonious

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formal

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chartered

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planned,

plotted, mapped

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cherubic

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angelic, like a baby

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circuitous

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roundabout, not straightforward

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clemency

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mercy

cleMEnCY

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colloquial

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informal but common speech

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congenial

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pleasant, friendly

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contentious

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argumentative

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contusion

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bruise

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corpulent

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fat

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated

from the city

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crest

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peak,top

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cupidity

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greed

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dart

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to move quickly

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debauchery

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corruption, physical self indulgence

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decorum

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proper behavior

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defector

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one who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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demographer

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an expert on population statistic

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deprecate

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to criticize

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determinate

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definite, limited

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didactic

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intended to teach, preachy

DAD OR DADa

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dilapidated

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rundown, needing repairs

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dirge

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funeral song

(dirge in marriage, mirage in funeral

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disbursement

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spending

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dissent

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dissagreement, difference in opinion

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dispassionate

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neutral, objective

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dither

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to be indecisive

sister

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doctrine

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something taught

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drape

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to cover loosely

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drudgery

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boring work

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ebullient

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bubbly, high spirited

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edifying

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enlightening, uplifting

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elicit

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to bring out

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embody

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to express, to give concrete form to

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endemic

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limited to, but widespread in, a particular place

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equanimity

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calmness

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eschew

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to avoid

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ethos

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values of a culture

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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expatriate

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to remove one from homeland

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extricate

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to remove

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extemporize

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to perform without rehearsal

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facade

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the front of a building

surface appearance

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fallow

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unplowed, not fertile

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feint

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an action intended to mislead an opponent

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fetter

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a chain

to prevent from moving

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finesse

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skill, gracefulness

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flippant

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joking disrespectfully

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fluster

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to embarass, to upset

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forswear

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to reject

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fraught

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filled with

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furrow

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a ditch or hole in the ground

to wrinkle

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gag

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joke

to prevent from speaking (gag rule)

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gambol

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to jump and dance playfully

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gentry

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high class

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glaring

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obvious

staring angrily

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gouge

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to put holes in

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gratuitous

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uncalled for, unnecessary

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hack

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a writer for hire, anyone with low professional standards

to cut, to chop

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hedonist

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one who loves physical pleasures (sex, food, drink)

Don Juan

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heretofore

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until know

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iconoclast

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one who attacks established beliefs

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impalpable

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unable to be touched or understood

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implacable

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incapable of being soothed or changed

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impudence

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rudeness

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incantation

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magical chant or spell

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incisive

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sharp, cutting

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incorporeal

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without physical existence, not of the body

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in decorum

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lack of good manners

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infinitesimal

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extremely small

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inlet

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small bay, indentation to a shoreline

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insidious

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dangerous in a way that is difficult to see

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intemperate

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extreme

violent

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invective

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insult

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jaded

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cynical, tired, bored

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