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Servitude

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The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful

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Exasperate

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Irritate intensely; infuriate

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Detriment

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The state of being harmed or damaged

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Melancholy

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A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no cause

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Cremate

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Dispose of (a dead person’s body by burning it to ashes

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Veneration

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Great respect, reverence

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Vituperation

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Bitter and abusive language

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Indignation

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Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Umbrage

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Offence or annoyance

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Resentment

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Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly

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Rancour

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Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing

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Lambaste

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Criticize someone harshly

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Castigate

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Reprimand severely

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Revile

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Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

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Rebuke

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Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour and actions

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Grotesque

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Ugly, misshape

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Bedevil

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Cause great and continual trouble to or torment/ harass

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Denigrate

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Criticize unfairly; disparage

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Obsolesce

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Something no longer used (obsolete)

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Vehement

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Forceful, passionate, with great feeling

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Anarchy (Left wing)

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A state of absence due to absence of authority or control

(Right wing) - dictatorship like Hitler

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Prognostication

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The action of prophesying future events

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Amalgamation

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The action, process or result of combining or uniting

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Viable

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Capable of working successfully, feasible

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Decrepit

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Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

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Nepotism

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The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends; especially by giving them jobs

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Veritable

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Being truly or very much as

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Gumption

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Shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness )(the president would hire any young man who had the gumption to ask for a job)

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Condone

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Accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive)

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Fiscal

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Relating to government revenue, especially taxes (fiscal policy)

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Condescending

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Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority

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Dote

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Be extremely and uncritically fond of

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Eccentric

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Unconventional and slightly strange

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Perennially

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In a way that continues for a long or apparently infinite time; permanently

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Ascetic

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Characterised by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

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Insurmountable

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Too great to overcome

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Burgeon

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Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

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Pneumatic

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Describe a woman - filled with air

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Vivacious

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Attracted lively and animated

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Viviparous

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Giving live birth

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Wintry

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Related to winter; wintry blasts

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Viscosity

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Fluid that has become thick from before internal friction

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Proliferate

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Increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

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Epitomising

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Be perfect example of

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Infatuation

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An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something

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Corroboration

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Evidence which confirms or supports a statement; theory, or finding; confirmation

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Inordinate

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Disproportionately large

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Unimpeachable

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Not able to be doubted, questioned or criticized, entirely trustworthy

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Existentialism

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A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Demeanour -

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Behaviour or manner

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Sentiment

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Emotion or belief

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Twain

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Two together

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Adulation

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Excessive admiration or praise

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Amity

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Friendly relations

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Rapport

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A close and harmonious relationship which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well.

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Appraise

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To estimate the nature, quality or importance of something

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Solicitation

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The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone

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Bravado

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A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

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Volition

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The faculty or power of using ones will

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Litany

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A tedious recital or repetitive series

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Stichomythia

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Greek two conversations at the same time

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Methodology

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A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity

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Plateau

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A state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress

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Ventriloquism

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An act of stagecraft in which a person (ventriloquist) changes his voice so that it appears that the voice is come from elsewhere, usually puppeteer “dummy”.

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