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1
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perplex

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confuse

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copious

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abundant

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traverse

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cross

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bibliophile

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a book lover

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demography

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study of populations

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sanguine

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cheerful

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ostentatious

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showy

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microcosm

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small universe

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defenestrate

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toss out the window

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animus

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intent or hatred

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nonplused

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perplexed

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interdiction

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prohibition

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commensurate

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of like measure

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neophyte

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beginner

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incredulous

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not believing

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demur

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to object

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poignant

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sharp

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lassitude

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languor

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apprehend

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to understand

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prodigious

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amazing

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indolent

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lazy

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persiflage

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flippant style

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ambiguous

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indefinite

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ambivalence

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conflicting feelings

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declasse

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low class

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putative

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thought-to-be

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mollify

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make soft

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gregarious

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sociable

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altercation

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heated dispute

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alter ego

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second self

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philander

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to engage in love affairs

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apocrypha

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unauthentic works

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tendentious

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slanted

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importune

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to trouble with requests

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apothegm

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a pithy saying

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cacoethes

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a mania

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precept

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a maxim

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veridical

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truthful

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pulchritude

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physical beauty

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expunge

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completely remove

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acerbity

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sharpness of temper

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perfidy

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breach of faith

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translucent

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semitransparent

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cacophony

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bad noise

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tangible

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touchable

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altruism

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concern for others

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obsequies

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funeral ceremonies

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exodus

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a departure

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pensive

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sadly thoughtful

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salubrious

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healthful

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demure

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modest or affectedly modest

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undulate

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to wave

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amiable

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friendly

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54
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abate

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a lessen

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serene

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clear and calm

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obsequious

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servile

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sedate

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calm

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condescend

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lower oneself

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nihilism

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belief in nothing

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interstice

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small space

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dialectic

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logical argument

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temerarious

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reckless

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sophist

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a specious reasoner

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erudite

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scholarly

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denouement

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unraveling of plot

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concupiscence

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intense desire or lust

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esculent

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edible

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pertinacious

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holding stubbornly

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interlocutor

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person in conversation

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aphorism

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a concise wisdom

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autodidact

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self-taught person

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reify

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treat as real

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in medias res

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in the middle of things

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circumvent

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get around

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exculpate

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free from blame

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cupidity

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greed

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euphoria

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feeling of well-being

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protocol

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rules of ceremony

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odious

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disgusting

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visage

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face

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pontificate

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speak dogmatically

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mendacious

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untruthful

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uxorious

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wife-doting

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apophasis

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mention by denial

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rebuke

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sharp reprimand

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objurgation

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rebuke

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soporific

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sleep-inducing

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internecine

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mutually destructive

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dichotomy

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two-part division

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epiphany

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revelation

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eclectic

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from various sources

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numinous

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supernatural

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mendicant

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a beggar

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fatuous

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complacently stupid

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oblivion

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being forgotten/total nothingness

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propitious

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favorably disposed

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requite

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repay

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aphasia

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loss of speech

99
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nullifidian

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faithless person

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risible

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laughable

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assiduous

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persevering

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saturnine

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gloomy and remote

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vacuous

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stupidly empty of ideas

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ex cathedra

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from the throne

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pusillanimous

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small-minded

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sublime

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noble

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auto da fe

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burning a heretic

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ebullient

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enthusiastic

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impunity

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exemption from punishment

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illuminati

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enlightened intellects

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hegemony

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state dominance

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psychosis

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major mental illness

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neurosis

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mental disorder

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oleaginous

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oily

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peregrinate

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to travel

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reiterate

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repeat

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desultory

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rambling

118
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idee fixe

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obsession

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precursor

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forerunner

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euphony

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beautiful sound

121
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attenuated

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thinned

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extraneous

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from outside

123
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profound

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deep

124
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sedulous

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diligent

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incunabula

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infancy

126
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parvenu

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an upstart

127
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sycophant

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an obsequious parasite

128
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adagio

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a slow movement

129
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desuetude

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disuse

130
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prolegomenon

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preliminary statement

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hedonism

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devotion to pleasure

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narcissism

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self-adoration

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patrician

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aristocratic

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miscreant

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evil unbeliever

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terra firma

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firm land

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inchoate

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just begun

137
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peripatetic

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walking

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ambient

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surrounding

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tenuous

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thin

140
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ductile

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malleable

141
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fortuitous

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by chance

142
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surrogate

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substitute

143
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allude

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indirectly refer

144
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dishabille

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partially dressed

145
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Sybarite

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a devotee of luxury

146
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stoicism

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indifference to sensation

147
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valediction

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farewell speech

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supercilious

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scornful

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moribund

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dying

150
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expository

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explanatory

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