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Apparition (noun)

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A ghost or ghost-like image of a person

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Avaricious (adjective)

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Having extreme greed for wealth or material game

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Broil (noun)

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Battle,fight

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Dichotomy (noun)

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A division or contrast between two opposite thing

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Equivocation(noun)

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The use of ambitious language to conceal the truth

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Golgotha(noun)

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Site outside jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

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Hallucinate(verb)

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Think you can see something which isn’t really there

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Harbinger(noun)

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A thing or a person that signals the approach of something else

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Heinous(adjective)

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Totally wicked or evil

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Incarnadine(verb’

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To tinge or stain with red

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Lineage(noun)

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Direct descent from an ancestor

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Monarchy(noun)

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A form of government with a monarch at the head

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Nonpareil(noun)

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Having no match or equal;unrivalled

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Primogeniture(noun)

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The system of inheritanc or succession by the first born, specifically the eldest son

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Prophecy (noun)

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A prediction of what will happen in the future

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Regicide(noun)

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The action of killing a king

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Succession(noun)

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The action or process of inheriting a title

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Thane(noun)

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A man who held land granted by thr king

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Treason(noun)

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The crime of betraying your country

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Unlineal(noun)

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Not of the family line

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Usurper(noun

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A person who takes a position of power illegally