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Adversary

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Ones opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

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Agile

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Moving quickly and lightly

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Amorous

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Inclined toward or displaying love

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Amphitheater

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Round or oval, typically unroofed, with a central place for shows

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Banishment

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The punishment of being sent away from a country or other place

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Bindle

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Bundle of clothes or bedding

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Bland

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Lacking strong features and therefore uninteresting, showing no strong emotion

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Cesspool

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An underground hole or container for holding liquid waste (such as sewage) from a building

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Cunning

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Showing inventiveness and skill

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Disheveled

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Disarranged and untidy

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Dismal

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Depressing;dreary,gloomy

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Malevolent

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Having or showing a desire to harm others

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Erratic

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Not even or in pattern or movement;unpredictable

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Florid

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Having a red or flushed complexion, excessively intricate

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Exuberant

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Joyously unrestrained

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Gale

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Very strong wind, burst of sound

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Foray

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Sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory;a raid

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Fray

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Wear away by rubbing

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Pernicious

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Exceedingly harmful

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Grievance

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A real or imagined wrong, official statement of a complaint

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Amiable

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Friendly and pleasant to be with

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Ample

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Enough or more than enough ;plentiful

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Indulgent

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Having or indicating a tendency to be to be overly generous

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Insinuated

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Suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an unpleasant way

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Genial

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Friendly and cheerful

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Jovial

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Full or showing high spirited merriment

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Kinsmen

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A man who is one of a persons blood relations; a male relative

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Lament

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A cry of sorrow and grief

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Liniment

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A liquid that is rubbed on your skin to relieve pain or stiffness in your muscles

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Lumber

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To move ponderously

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Mammoth

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Huge

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Assuage

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to provide relief from something distressing or painful

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Morose

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Of a person: very serious, unhappy, quiet

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Beguile

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Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

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Cherish

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Protect and care for someone, lovingly

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Pensive

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Deeply or seriously thoughtful

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Infallible

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Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong; always effective

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Perplexed

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Completely baffled, very puzzled, confused

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Procure

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Get by special effort

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Profusely

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In an abundant manner

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Taciturn

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Habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech or manner

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Recumbent

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Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

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Remnants

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A small part remaining after the main part no longer exists

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Receptive

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Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas

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Tyrannical

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Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way

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Ritual

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Religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a proscribed order

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Tirade

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A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

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Sallow

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(Of a persons face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color

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Scoff

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Speak to someone or about something something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

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Sepulcher

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A chamber that is used as a grave

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Squall

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A sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm;cry of a baby

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Stake

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Something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game or contest

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Stealthy

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Behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

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Supposition

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An uncertain belief

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Tedious

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Too long, slow or dull;tiresome or monotonous

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Transfixed

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Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder astonishment

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Transgression

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An act that sees against a law rule or order

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Variable

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Liable to or capable of change

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Vengeance

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Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong

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Vial

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A small bottle that contains a drug

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Vile

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Morally reprehensible

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Vindicated

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Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion

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Woes

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Misery resulting from affliction

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Wrath

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Extreme anger

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