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Perpetrated

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To do something that is illegal or wrong

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Libel

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Act of publishing a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone

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Plaited

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A braid

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Procured

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To get possession

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Prophets

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Member of some religion who delivers messages that are believed to have come from god

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Quelled

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To end or stop

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Roomers

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Person who plays rent to live in a house with its owner

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Switches

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Slender, flexible whip

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Taffeta

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Stiff, shiny type of cloth that is especially used to make dresses

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Unfathomable

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Impossible to understand

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Ambrosia

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Food of the roman and Greek gods

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Analogous

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Similar

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Attire

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To put garments on

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Bawled

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To cry very loudly

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Bluff

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Having a very open, honest, and direct way of talking that is friendly but not always polite

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Catwalk

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Narrow walkway

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Changelings

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Baby that is secretly left to replace another baby

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Compensation

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Something that is done or given to make up for damage

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Constituted

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To make oh or form something

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Crooned

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Sing in a low, soft voice

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Deportment

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Behavior

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Dim

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Not bright or clear

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Donned

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To put on clothing

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Doused

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To plunge into water

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Evasion

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The act of avoiding something that you do not want to do

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Fanatical

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Marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion

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Gallantly

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Young man of fashion

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Gastric s

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Of, relating to, or located near the stomach

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Gravitated

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To move or tend to move toward someone or something

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Guilelessness

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Very innocent

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Harbored

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Held or kept safe

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Hookah

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Pipe that carries water

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Impaired

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Disabled or unable to function

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Indecision

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Difficulty making a decision

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Indicative

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Showing something

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Ingenuous

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Being clever

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Innate

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Part of your basic nature

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Innate

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Part of your basic nature

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Inordinately

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Going beyond what is usual, normal, or popular

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Invective

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Of or relating to insult or abuse

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Isolate

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Separate from others