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effusions

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a pouring out of unrestrained expressions or feelings

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dross

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something regarded as worthless, rubbish

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amiable

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having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

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ameliorate

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improve, to become or make better

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melancholy

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a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

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indefatigable

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tireless

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interment

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burial

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penury

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very great poverty

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caprice

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impulsive change of mind. whim

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predilection

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preference, partiality

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chimerical

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illusionary, fanciful, dreamlike

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tertiary

A

third place or rank

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imbued

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filled with ideas, feelings, etc.

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tyros

A

beginners, amateurs

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progeny

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children, descendants, offspring

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immutable

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not susceptible to change

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repined

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express discontent

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averred

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to declare in a positive formal way

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fillial

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affectionate; obedient; pertaining to a son or daughter

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disconsolate

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helplessly sad

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debar

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to exclude, forbid, prevent

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machinations

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evil plotting, secret schemes

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sedulous

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hard-working, diligent

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remissness

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negligence, carelessness in doing what one has to do

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languid

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weak, lacking energy or vitality

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antiquity

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things from times long ago, great age

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congenial

A

agreeable

28
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dissuade

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to discourage from a purpose or course of action. by persuasion

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tumult

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commotion, noise, or uproar

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malignant

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highly injurious, showing ill-will

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profundity

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a deep intellectual ability

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unremitting

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incessant, persistent

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condescension

A

patronizing manner

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inexorable

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relentless; not capable of being persuaded by pleas

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reverie

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dreamy thoughts, thinking of pleasant things

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debility

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feebleness

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fortitude

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courage in facing pain or danger

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benevolent

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kind, good natured, charitable

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augury

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act of predicting the future; an omen

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acquiesced

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to give in to, to consent passively

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unhallowed

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unholy

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consternation

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sudden confusion or dismay

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emaciated

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extremely thin (usually by starvation or illness)

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vivacity

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liveliness, spirited

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tangible

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real, concrete

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nuptial

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marriage or wedding ceremony

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physiognomy

A

facial features that reveal characteristics

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martyr

A

one who sacrifices, suffers, or dies from principles

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abjuration

A

giving up

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extricate

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to release from entanglement or difficulty; disengage

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repose

A

to rest

52
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gibe

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to taunt; to make mocking remarks

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retribution

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punishment; something demanded in payment; vengeance; requital for some wrong that has been done

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appalling

A

causing horror, terrifying

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congeal

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to solidify

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fraught

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attended; accompanied

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purport

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to claim or profess the main idea

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opprobrium

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disgrace arising from shameful conduct

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irremediable

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incurable, impossible to remedy

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conflagration

A

a big destructive fire

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