merchant of Venice vocab Flashcards

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Argosies

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Large merchant ships

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Portly

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Stately, majestic, dignified

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Pageants

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Show, scene, masque

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Curtsy

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Mannered politeness

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Venture

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Risky enterprise, hazardous attempt

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Ague

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Fever, sickness, shaking

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Bechanced

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Happen to, befall

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Jaundice

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Sallowness, yellowness

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Gudgeon

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Type of fish used as bait, credulity

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Gear

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Business, affaire, dress

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Vendible

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Markable

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More

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Additional amount,older

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Gaged

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Pledge, bind, commit

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Virtues

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Chastity, sexual purity

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Thrift

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Profit, advantage, gain

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Troth

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Truth, good faith

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Surfeit

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Sickness brought on by excess

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Throstle

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Thrush (bird)

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Doublet

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A large jacket with a short fitting skirt (vest)

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Publican

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Tax-collector, (inn keeper)

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Methought

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It seems, seemed to be

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Sirrah

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Sir

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Eaning

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Lambing

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Gaberdine

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Cloak, cape , loose upper garment

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Want-wit

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Senseless, stupid, ridiculous

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Scanted

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Withheld, stinted

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Halter

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Rope with nuce

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Sonties

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Swearing, saints

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Anon

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Soon, shortly

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Scapes

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An escape

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Civility

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Good manners

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Ostent

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Display, show

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Quaintly

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Skillful, or subtly

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Garnish

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An outfit

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Beshrew

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Curse

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Cerecloth

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Waxed , winding sheet

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Fraught

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Cargo, filled, laden

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Slubber

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Be careless with

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Fond

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Foolish, stupid

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Martlet

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Bird

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Cozen

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Cheat

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Gleaned

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Stripped, depleated

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Iwis

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Certainly, truly

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Ruth/ wroath

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Pity, sympathy

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Regreets

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Fresh greeting

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Wit

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Intelligence

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Forespurrer

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One who has ridden ahead

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Post

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In haste, with speed

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Livery

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Uniform, costume

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Betimes

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Early in the morning

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Fledge

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Covered with down, displaying growth

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Bankrupt

A

Running out of money

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Bespeak

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Ask for, order, request

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Eke

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Also, moreover, too

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Flourish

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Fanfare, embellish

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Fray

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Frightened, terrify, scare

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Redoubted

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Feared, dreaded, revered

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Crisped

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Stiffy, light hearted, playful

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Dowry

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Property given to a wife or wealth

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Presage

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Sign, indication, portent

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Infidel

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Non believer

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Shrewd

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Hard, harsh, severe

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Mere

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Complete, absolute, total

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Confound

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Destroy, overthrow, ruin

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Deface

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Disfigure, defame, man

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Griefs

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Grievance, complaint, hurt, injure

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Bated

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Abated, lowered, diminished

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Equal

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Fair, equitable, evenhanded

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Tranect

A

A ferry

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Enow

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Enough

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Rasher

A

Bacon

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Jealous

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Suspicious, mistrustful, wary, watchful

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Knapped

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Hit, knock, rap shaped by striking

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Remorse

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Pity, regret, sorrow

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Lodged

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Sleep, lie , remain

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Baned

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Ruin, woe, destruction, poison

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Fretten

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Intermittently blowing, squalling

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Draw

A

Gather

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Meetest

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Fit, suitable, proper

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Envy

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Malice, ill-will, enmity

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Inexorable

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Merciless, relentlessly severe

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Dam

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Mother

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Let

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Prevent

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Throughly

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Through, completly

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Danger

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Damage, harm, mishief

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Strained

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Forced, artificial, feigned

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Tenure

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Condition for holding property, statement or account

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Balance

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Scales

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Penance

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Confession

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Just

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Accurate, exact, precise

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Substance

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Real thing, genuine article, wealth

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Estimation

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Esteem, respect, reputation

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Predicament

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Category, class, division

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Rehearsed

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Relate, recount

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Recant

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One who withdraws

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Dram

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Tiny amount, small quanity

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Steal

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Hide furtively, creep by

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Shrow/shrew

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Vexatious person, troublesome

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Patens

A

A shining circle

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Quiring/choiring

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Company, group, assembly (singing)

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Wanton

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Carefree, causal, frolicsome

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Rage

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Violent outburst, madness

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Spoils

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Plundering, ruin, destroy

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Affections

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Fancy, desire, emotion

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Substitute

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Deputy, underling, delegate

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Tucket

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Personal trumpet call

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Gelt

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Castrate, spay, deprive, strip

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Posy

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Short piece of poetry or ring

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Respective

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Careful, attentive, considerate

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Scrubbed

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Short, undersized, stubby

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Unkind

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Hostile, cruel, harsh

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Mad

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Wild, uncontrolable, high spirted

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Fault

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Sin, offense, mistake

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Civil doctor

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Laywer

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Wealth

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Well-being, welfare, property

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Advisedly

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Wisely, attentively, carefully

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Amazed

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Dumbfounded, stunned, overwhelmed

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Road

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Harbor, anchorage, pathway

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Waft

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Beckon, wave