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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

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weave, braid

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pittance

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very small amount; a trifling

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disconsolate

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hopelessly sad

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interment

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burial

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recompensing

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reward; pay back, or payment

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penury

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very great poverty

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chamois

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small, goat–like antelope

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ardor

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great intensity; passion; strong enthusiasm

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sublime

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exalted; inspiring awe

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rapture

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elation; exhilaration

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infidels

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without religion or belief; an atheist

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indulgence

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liberal or lenient treatment

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caprice

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impulsive change of mind, whim

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filial

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affectionate; obedient; pertaining to a son or daughter

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metaphysical

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mystical, abstract, spiritual

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predilection

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preference, partiality

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inclemency

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severity of weather, stormy

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chimerical

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illusionary, fanciful, dreamlike

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avidity

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eagerness; greediness

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imbued

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filled with ideas, feelings, etc.

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tyros

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beginners, amateurs

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tertiary

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third place or rank

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impediments

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hindrance; block

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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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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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menaced

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threatened, put in peril

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imprudence

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unwise

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prognosticated

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to predict on the basis of present
indications

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fortitude

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valor; determination

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benignity

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kindly disposition; gracious

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irreparable

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hopeless, irreversible

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deferred

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to put off, delay, postpone

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zeal

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eagerness, enthusiast

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chaise

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two-wheeled, open carriage

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imbued

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saturated, filled

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reprobate

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morally unprincipled person

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recapitulation

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the act of being repeated;
summarized

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panegyric

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speech filled with praise, compliments

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elixir

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sweetened solution containing medicine

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palpable

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acceptable to the mind or sensibilities

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mien

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appearance, look

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erroneously

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mistakenly

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physiognomy

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facial features which reveal
characteristics

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dogmatism

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authoritarian assertion of opinion

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pedant

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one who flaunts learning

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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facile

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achieved with little effort

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esteem

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high regard, favorable opinion

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receptacle

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a container or place for keeping things

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emaciated

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starved, extremely thin

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unhallowed

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not sacred, wicked, sinful, evil

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incipient

A

just beginning, early stage

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