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Apparition

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An appearance of a person or an object

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Ameliorate

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To make or become better/ more bearable

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Fastidious

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Excessively particular or critical

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Capacious

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Capable of holding a lot/ roomy or spacious

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Syndics

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A person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation

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Dogmatism

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Arrogance/ incomparable belief that the person is always right

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Infidels

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Someone who does not accept a particular faith or belief

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Chimeras

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Some sort of grotesque/ dragon like monster of the imagination

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Pedantry

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Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms especially in teaching

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Affability

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Showing warmth and friendliness/ easy to talk to

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Indefatigable

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Unable to be tired out or exhausted

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Panegyrics

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A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing

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Dilatoriness

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Slowness as a consequence

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Salubrious

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Health giving or healthy/ pleasant

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Lassitude

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State of physical or mental weariness/ lack of energy

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Odious

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Extremely unpleasant or revolting

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Languor

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A state of pleasant feeling / tiredness or inertia

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Discerning

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Having or showing good judgement

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Cabriolet

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A light two-wheeled carriage with a hood drawn by one horse not two

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Surge

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A lament for the dead especially one forming part of a funeral right / eulogy

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Indelible

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Of an ink or pen making marks that cannot be removed ie permanent

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Infamy

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Extremely bad reputation as a result of an extremely bad act or crime

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Perdition

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As a state of final spiritual loss or ruin of the soul

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Clemency

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A disposition to show forbearing compassion or forgiveness

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Amiable

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Having or showing pleasant or good natured qualities

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Timorous

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full of fear or fearful

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Ephemeral

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Something lasting a very short time ie lasting for only 1 day

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Assuage

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To make milder or less severe/ relieve/ ease

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Ignominious

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Marred by or attend with ignominy/ discreditable/ humiliating

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Abyss

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A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm or pit

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change ones options or course of action

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Docile

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Ready to accept control or instruction/ submissive

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Dormant

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In a state of in animation or hibernation

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Purloined

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To steal something or something that has been stolen

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Commiserate

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To express or feel sympathy or pity/ sympathize

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Viands

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An item of food usually some sort of raw vegetable or meat

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Cadence

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A modulation of inflection of the voice

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Immured

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Enclose or condone someone or something against their will

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to interpret or understand / mysterious

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Unsullied

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Not spoiled and not made impure/

Something remaining in it’s pure state

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Sagacity

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The quality of being sagacious/ showing good judgement

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Vagabond

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A person who wanders from place to place without a home or a job

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Succor

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Help/ relied/ aid/ assistance

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Machinations

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Crafty schemes plots or intrigues

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Insolent

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Boldly rude or disrespectful / contemptuously impertinent or insulting

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Sedulous

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Diligent in application or attending/ persevering/ assiduous

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Redress

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The setting right of what has been wronged

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Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty/ full of or characterized by bloodshed/ ready or eager to shed blood

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Sophisms

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A spa topics argument for displaying ingenuity by reasoning or for deceiving someone

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Precarious

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Dependent on circumstances beyond ones control

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Opprobrium

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The disgrace of the reproach named by conduct considered outrageously shameful

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Contumely

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Insulting display of contempt in words or actions humiliating

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Superfluous

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Being more then is sufficient or required/ excessive

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Conflagration

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A destructive and/ or extensive fine

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Repas

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A South American type of meal

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