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Chorales

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Noun: simple hymns

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Chantey

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Noun: a type of song sung by sailors

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Vagary

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Noun: something unaccountable, freak

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Discountenance

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Verb: to disapprove of

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Indigent

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Adj: poor, needy

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Teetotalism

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Noun: total abstinence from alcohol

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Reconnoiter

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Verb: to examine, to survey

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Sinistral

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Adj: left handed

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Amorphous

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Adj: formless, shapeless

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Schema

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Noun: an internal representation of the world

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Sardonic

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Adj: scornful and mocking, sarcastic

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Cataleptic

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Adj: A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

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Animus

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Noun: feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

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Reliquary

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Noun: a place where religious relics are stored or displayed

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Senescence

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Noun: the process of deterioration with age

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