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Judiciously

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Wisely

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Perplexity

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Bewilderment

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Incredible

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Unbelievable

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Germinate

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Sprout, evolve

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Truculent

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Cruel, belligerent

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petulant

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insolent, rude in speech or behavior

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incredulously

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skeptically

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animosity

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hostility

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citadel

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fortress, the strongest part

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lecherous

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given to inordinate indulgence in sexual activity

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listlessness

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state of lacking energy, enthusiasm

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eminent

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famous

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contemptuous

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expressing hatred

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droned

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said in a monotonous sound

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wizened

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withered, dried up

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plummet

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drop straight

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accoutrements

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equipment

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satirically

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sarcastically

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ostracism

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exclusion by general consent

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ramparts

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broad embankments raised for fortification

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tattered

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ragged

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nebulous

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vague

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coveted

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desired

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fallow

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cultivated land that is allowed to idle during the growing season

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corrugated

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shaped into folds

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wretched

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miserable

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swaggering

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strutting

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belligerently

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combatively

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circuitousness

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roundabout or indirect procedures

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self-abasement

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humiliation of oneself based on feelings of guilt or inferiority

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questing

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searching

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degenerate

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degraded

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deftly

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skillfully

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disconsolately

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cheerlessly, dejectedly

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rakishly

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characteristic of a libertine, one who acts without moral restraint

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putrefying

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decaying

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steathly

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scecret

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