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fervent

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passionate, glowing

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perpetual -

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never ending, eternal

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diffusing

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to pour out, spread

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phenomena

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fact, event, or circumstance that can be observed, usually considered extraordinary or remarkable

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eccentricities

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deviating from a conventional pattern

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ardent

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characterized by strong enthusiasm

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induce

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to persuade

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requisite

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required; a necessity

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dominion

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sphere of influence or control

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tranquilize

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to make calm, peaceful, quiet

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effusions

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a pouring out of unrestrained expressions or feelings

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inuring

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to become used to something undesirable by prolonged subjection

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dauntless

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without fright or discouragement

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inexorable

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relentless, unyielding

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allusion

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reference to a historically significant person, place, or event

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solicitude

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concern, anxious care

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capitulated

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surrender on terms or conditions

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repose

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rest or sleep

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conciliating

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reconciling, a winning over

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paroxysm

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a spasm, fit, or sudden outburst

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ameliorate

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improve, to become or make better

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indefatigable

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tireless

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intimate

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very familiar, close

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rankling

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soreness, great pain

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plaited
weave, braid
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pittance
very small amount; a trifling
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disconsolate
hopelessly sad
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interment
burial
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recompensing
reward; pay back, or payment
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penury
very great poverty
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chamois
small, goat–like antelope
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ardor
great intensity; passion; strong enthusiasm
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sublime
exalted; inspiring awe
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rapture
elation; exhilaration
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infidels
without religion or belief; an atheist
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indulgence
liberal or lenient treatment
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caprice
impulsive change of mind, whim
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filial
affectionate; obedient; pertaining to a son or daughter
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metaphysical
mystical, abstract, spiritual
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predilection
preference, partiality
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inclemency
severity of weather, stormy
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chimerical
illusionary, fanciful, dreamlike
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avidity
eagerness; greediness
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imbued
filled with ideas, feelings, etc.
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tyros
beginners, amateurs
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tertiary
third place or rank
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impediments
hindrance; block
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repined
express discontent
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averred
to declare in a positive, formal way
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progeny
children, descendants, offspring
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immutable
not susceptible to change
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menaced
threatened, put in peril
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imprudence
unwise
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prognosticated
to predict on the basis of present indications
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fortitude
valor; determination
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benignity
kindly disposition; gracious
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irreparable
hopeless, irreversible
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deferred
to put off, delay, postpone
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zeal
eagerness, enthusiast
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chaise
two-wheeled, open carriage
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imbued
saturated, filled
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reprobate
morally unprincipled person
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recapitulation
the act of being repeated; summarized
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panegyric
speech filled with praise, compliments
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elixir
sweetened solution containing medicine
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palpable
acceptable to the mind or sensibilities
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mien
appearance, look
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erroneously
mistakenly
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physiognomy
facial features which reveal characteristics
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dogmatism
authoritarian assertion of opinion
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pedant
one who flaunts learning
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abstruse
difficult to understand
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facile
achieved with little effort
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esteem
high regard, favorable opinion
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receptacle
a container or place for keeping things
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emaciated
starved, extremely thin
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unhallowed
not sacred, wicked, sinful, evil
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incipient
just beginning, early stage

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