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Proclivity

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Predilection, Taste For

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agrandize

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increase the power or status of something

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recapitulate

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summarize or restate

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assiduous

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showing great care and perseverance

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indolent

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lazy

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vitiate

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spoil or impair the quality of

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aversion

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strong dislike

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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coeval

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having the same date or origin, a person of the same age

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impish

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inclined to do naughty things

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court

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hope to win or win favor

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grant

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admit something is true

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abnegation

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rejecting something, self denial

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appellate

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make decision reversed

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abdication

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failure to fulfill duties, stepping down from the throne

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equanimity

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coolness under pressure

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fervor

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zeal, intense emotions

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sureal

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bizzare

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disuade

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persuade against

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abstraction

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dealing with ideas rather than events, free to express artistic ideas

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parity

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being equal

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bedlum

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scene of confusion or uproar

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acclamation

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loud approval

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assiduous

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showing great care or perseverance

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epithet

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a name to call someone, also a term of abuse

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slight

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to insult by not showing respect, to destroy or raze

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effusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude or approval

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enrapture

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give intense pleasure or joy