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Thespian

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Pertaining to drama

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Testy

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Irritable, irascible

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Threadbare

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Worn through till the threads show, shabby and poor

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Throes

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Violent anguish

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Throng

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Crowd

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Tightwad

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Excessively frugal person, miser

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Timorous

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Fearful

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Tirade

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Extended scolding

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Titter

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Nervous laugh

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Torpor

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Lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy

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Inviolable

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Secure from corruption, attack, or violation

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Invocation

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Prayer for help

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Ire

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Anger

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Inured

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Accustomed to, hardened. The soldiers became inured to the casualties in the battlefield.

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Invective

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Abuse

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Invidious

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Designed to create ill will or envy

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Debunk

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To expose as false

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Debutante

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A young woman making formal entrance into society

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Decadence

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Decay

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Deciduous

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Falling off as leaves, the oak is a deciduous tree

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Décolleté

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Having a low necked dress

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Decorum

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Propriety

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Decrepit

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Worn out by age

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Decrepitude

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State of collapse caused by illness or old age

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Decry

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To express strong disapproval of

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Defer

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Making plans until they hear from their draft boards

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Deference

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Courteous regard for another’s wish

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Definitive

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Final, complete