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apathy

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lack of emotion or feeling

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anecdotes

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short humorous stories

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bereaved

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left alone by death

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blandishments

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coaxings by flattery

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constraint

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restriction

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contagion

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a harmful influence

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canvalesce

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return to health after an illness

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convoy

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a group of vehicles traveling together

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devoid

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completely lacking or empty

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deportees

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those being expelled from a country

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dregs

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the least desirable portions

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elapsed

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passed as in time

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emaciated

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made thin due to starvation

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emigration

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leaving one area to settle in another

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encumbered

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hindered restricted

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evacuation

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withdrawing troops or civilians

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feeble

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lacking strength weak

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frenzy

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violent mental agitation or wild excitement

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hermetic

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sealed against the entry or escape of air

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lamentation

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grief mourning

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livid

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ashen pale or faint

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lucidity

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clear understanding

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melancholy

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sadness depression

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monocle

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an eyeglass for one eye

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notorious

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known unfavorably

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pestilentia

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likely to cause an epidemic disease

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plaintive

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expressing sorrow

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profoundly

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absolutely deeply

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provisions

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necessary supplies such as food

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raucous

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boisterous and disorderly

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recesses

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remote secret places

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relentlessly

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steadily persistently

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sabotage

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treacherous action to defeat a cause

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surname

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family name

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tether

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the limit of one’s resources or endurance

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thrash

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beat hit

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torment

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to cause physical pain or mental anguish

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treatise

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written discussion of topic

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vitality

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vigor energy

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void

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emptiness