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Discernment

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Thé ability to judge well

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Bucolic

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Pastoral poetry

Adj: relate to the countryside and country living

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Ineffectual

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Without any (desired) effect

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Avowal

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Affirmation of truth of what you believe

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Valour

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Great courage against danger (war)

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Drily

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In a matter-of-fact or ironically humorous way

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To moralise

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  1. Be dogmatic in what is right and wrong 2. To reform character/conduct with moral motivations
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Ramification

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A complex/ unwelcome consequence of an event or action

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Boorish(ness)

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Rough, uncouth, COARSENESS (rude)

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Trépidation

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Feeling of fear that something may happen

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Insidiously

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Sneaky, subtle but harmful in the long term

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Dogma

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Noun of dogmatic

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Inert

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Lacking ability/strength to move

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