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Apparition

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An unreal figure, a ghost

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Anatomy

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Stucture or parts taken as a whole

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Aspect

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A part that can be considered or viewed

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Compunction

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Feeling regret or remorse

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Conducive

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Supportive, encouraging, helping to bring about

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Deduce

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To draw a conclusion from a fact, conclude

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Deference

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Act or practice of yeilding to another’s authority

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Dejected

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Downcast or sad or depressed

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Deviate

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To depart especially from a path or plan

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Obviate

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To make unnesscary; to avoid

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Diaphanous

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Lightweight and transparent

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Dichotomy

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Two opposite parts of one whole

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Diligent

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Hardworking and careful

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Epiphany

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A moment of great insight, revelation

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Epitome

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The best or most typical example

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Excise

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To cut out of or remove

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Expel

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To send out or away

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Fractious

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Tending to argue or cause discord

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Impetus

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That drives one, momentum

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Incisive

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Sharply cutting, direct and powerful

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Infraction

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Minor violation of the law

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Infringe

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To intrude on an area belonging to another, to trespass

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Inherent

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Existing a natural part

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Introspect

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Contemplating ones own thoughts and feelings

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Motif

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A reacurring theme, subject or idea

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Perspicacious

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Wise, insightful, acutely intelligent

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Petulant

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Irritable or short tempered

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Provincial

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Limited knowledge of the world, narrow minded

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Purported

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Claimed as true but probably false

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Remiss

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Failing to fulfill ones dut; negligent

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Resolute

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Determined; stead fast

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Retract

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To draw back; withdraw

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sacrilege

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An act against a holy person or place

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Sycophant

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A person who flatters, yes man

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Tome

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A large and serious book

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Visage

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Face, facial expression

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Tone

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Accent or inflection of mood or emotion

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Mood

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A conscious state of mind or predominat emotion

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Sensory imagery

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When a writer uses words that connect to a readers sensory

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Satire

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The use of humor, irony exaggeration……

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Fable

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Short story, typical with animals as characters conveying a novel

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Characterization

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Graphic or vivid verbal description

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Allegory

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Story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to have a different meaning

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