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bereave

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v. death/mourning. to deprive and make desolate, especially by death.

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cadaver

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n. death/mourning: a dead body

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defunct

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adj. death/mourning: no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning.

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demise

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n. death/mourning: death or decease.

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dolorous

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adj. death/mourning: full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful

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elegy

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n. death/mourning: a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem

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knell

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n. death/mourning: the sound or sign announcing the death of person or the end

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lament

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v. death/mourning: to feel or express sorrow

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macabre

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adj, death/mourning: gruesome and horrifying

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moribund

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adj. death/mourning: in a dying state

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obsequies

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n. death/mourning: a funeral rite or ceremony

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sepulchral

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adj. death/mourning: of or pertaining to burial

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wraith

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n. death/mourning: an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death. a visible spirit

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abnegate

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v. denying of self: to refuse or deny oneself

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abstain

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v. denying of self: to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy

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ascetic

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n. denying of self: a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practice extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reason.

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spartan

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adj. denying of self: sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere

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stoic

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adj. denying of self.

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temperate

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adj. denying of self: moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement

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authoritarian

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adj, n. dictatorial

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despotic

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adj, dictatorial

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dogmatic

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adj, dictatorial: asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner

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hegemonic

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adj, dictatorial: dominance

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imperious

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adj. dictatorial: domineering in a haughty manner.

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peremptory

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adj. dictatorial: leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

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tyrannical

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adj. dictatorial: unjustly cruel, harsh

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abstruse

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adj. Difficult to understand. recondite

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ambiguous

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adj. Difficult to understand.

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arcane

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adj. difficult to understand: known or understood by very few; mysterious

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bemusing

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v. difficult to understand: to bewilder or confuse

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cryptic

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adj. difficult to understand

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enigmatic

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adj. difficult to understand; mysterious

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esoteric

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adj. difficult to understand; understood by very few

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inscrutable

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adj. difficult to udnerstand: incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized.

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obscure

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adj. difficult to understand: not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague

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opaque

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adj, difficult to understand: not transparent

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paradoxical

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adj. difficult to understand

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perplexing

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adj. difficult to understand

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recondite

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adj. difficult to understand: dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter. beyond ordinary knowledge

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turbid

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adj. difficult to understand: not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like.

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defile

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v. Disgusting/Offensive: to make foul, dirty, or unclean

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fetid

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adj, Disgusting/Offensive: having an offensive odor; stinking

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invidious

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adj, disgusting/offensive: calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful

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odious

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adj. disgusting/offensive: deserving or causing hatred; hateful

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putrid

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adj. offensive/disgusting: in a state of foul decay or decomposition. thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or evil

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rebarbative

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adj. disgusting/offensive: causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent

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articulate

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adj, n. easy to understand

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cogent

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adj. easy to understand: convincing or believable. clear

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eloquent

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adj. easy to understand: having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful and appropriate speech

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evident

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adj. easy to understand: plain or clear to the sight or understanding

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limpid

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adj. easy to understand: clear, transparent, pellucid

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pellucid

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adj. easy to understand

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lucid

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adj. easy to understand

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