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Empyreal

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Belonging and deriving from heaven

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Penetralia n

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Innermost of a building

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Tottler v

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To sway or shake as if about to fall

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Saporific adj

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Flavorful

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Inimitable adj

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Impossible to copy

Unique

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Titivate v

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Make alteration so that sth be more attractive

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Valediction

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A farewell speech

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Spurn

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Reject

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Vernal

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Of or occurring in spring

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Semantic

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Relating to language

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Abject

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Extremely degrading

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Epoch

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A period of time with notable events

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Stall v

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Stop running

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Trenchant

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Lull

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Calm and send to sleep

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Entropy

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Lack of order or predictability

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Cascade

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A process where knowledge is successively passed on

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Unwitting

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Not aware

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Preamble

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Introduction

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Plunder

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Dishonest acquisition of poverty

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Vest

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(+in) confer or bestow sth on s1

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Repeal

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Revoke or annul

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Squabble

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Argument

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Taut

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Not loose

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Formidable

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Difficult to accomplish

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Inebriated

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Intoxicated

Drunk

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Probation

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Method of dealing with criminal. No jail but supervision

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Laxative

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Medicine to relieve constipation