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benediction

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A prayer that asks for God’s blessing, especial ly a prayer that concludes a worship service.

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benefactor

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Someone who helps another person or group, especially by giving money.

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beneficiary

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** A person or organization that benefits or is expected to benefit from something, especially one that receives money or property when someone dies. **

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benevolence

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** Kindness, generosity**

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AMICABLE

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Friendly, peacefull

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ENAMORED

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Charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love

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AMOROUS

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Having or showing strong fellings of attraction or love

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PARAMOUR

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A lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom

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ANTEBELLUM

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Existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War

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BELLICOSE

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Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome

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BELLIGERENCE

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Aggressiveness, combativeness

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REBELLION

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Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority

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PACIFY

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(1) To soothe anger or agitation/ (2) To subdue by armed action

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PACIFIST

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A person opposed to war or violence, esprcially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fighr, on moral or religious grounds.

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PACT

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An agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute

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PACE

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Contrary to the opinion of

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CRIMINOLOGY

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The study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment

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DECRIMINALIZE

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To remove or reduce criminal status of

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INCRIMINATE

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To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault

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RECRIMINATION

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(1) An accusation in answer to an accusation made against oneself/ (2) The making of such an accusation

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APPROBATION

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A formal or official at of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.

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PROBATE

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The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person

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PROBITY

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Absolute honesty and uprightness

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REPROBATE

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A person of thoroughly bad character

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GRAVE

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(1) Requiring serious thought or concern/ (2) Serious and formal in appearance or manner

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GRAVITAS

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Great or veri dignified seriousness

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GRAVITATE

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To move or be drawn toward something, especialy by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force.

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AGGRAVATE

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(1) To make (an injury, problem, etc) more serious or severe. (2) To annoy or bother

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ALLEVIATE

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To lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering

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ELEVATION

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(1) The height of a place. (2) The act or result of lifting or raising someone or something

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CANTILEVER

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A long piece of wood, metal, etc., that sticks out from a wall to support something above it/

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LEVITY

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Lack of appropriate serioousness

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CICERONE

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A guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen.

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HECTOR

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To bully or harrass by bluster or personal pressure

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HEDONISM

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An attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal

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NESTOR

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A senior figure or leader in one’s field

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SPARTAN

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Marked by simplicity, avoidance of luxury, and often strict self-dicipline or self-denial/

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STENTORIAN

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Extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound

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STOIC

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Seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain

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SYBARITIC

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Marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life

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KLEPTOMANIA

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A mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things.

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DIPSOMANIAC

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A person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol.

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MEGALOMANIAC

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A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance.

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EGOMANIAC

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Someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others.

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PSYCHE

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Soul, personality, mind

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PSYCHEDELIC

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  1. Of or relating to a drug (such as LSD) that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effect such as hallucinations.
  2. Imitating the effects of psychedelic drugs.
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PHYCHOSOMATIC

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Caused by mental or emotipnal problems rather than by physical illness.

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PSYCHOTHERAPIST

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One who treats mental or emotional disorder or related bodily ills by psychological means.

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RECEPTION

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(1) The act of receiving (2) A social gathering where guests are formaly welcomed.

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INTERCEPT

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To stop, seize, or interrupt (something or someone) before arrival

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PERCEPTIBLE

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Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses

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SUSCEPTIBLE

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(1) Open to some influence; responsive. (2) Able to be submitted to an action or process.

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CONFINE

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(1) To keep (someone or something) within limits. (2) To hold (someone) in a location

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DEFINITIVE

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(1) Authoritative and final. (2) Specifyinf perfectly or precisely.

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FINITE

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Having definite limits

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INFINITESIMAL

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Extremely or immeasurably small.

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