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Abase

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(v.) - to lower, demean, degrade

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Acumen

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(n.) - keen insight

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Ameliorate

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(v.) - to improve, to make better

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Austere

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(v.) - very bare, bleak, simple

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Brazen

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(adj.) - excessively bold, brash

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Cavort

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(v.) - to frolic, leap, prance

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Complicit

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(adj.) - being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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Cursory

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(adj.) - brief to the point of being superficial

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Dilapidated

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(adj.) - in a state of disrepair

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Elucidate

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(v.) - to clarify

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exacerbate

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(v.) - to make more violent, intense

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Fetter

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(v.) - to restrain, chain, tie

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Fortitude

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(n.) - strength, bravery

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Harrowing

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(adj.) - agonizing, distressing

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Inclement

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(adj.) - stormy, bad, severe

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Jubilant

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(adj.) - joyful, happy

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Limpid

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(adj.) - clear, easily understood

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Maudlin

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(adj.) - sentimental

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Mutability

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(n.) - capability of change

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Officious

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(adj.) - offering unwanted help or service

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Pertinacious

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(adj.) - stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

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Portly

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(adj.) - fat, chubby, round

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Punctilious

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(adj.) - eager to follow rules

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Redress

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(v.) - to set right or remedy

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Retribution

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(n.) - vengeance, revenge, payback

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Scurrilous

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(adj.) - crude, vulgar

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Strenuous

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(adj.) - requiring tremendous strength or energy

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Taciturn

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(adj.) - not inclined to talk

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Travesty

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(n.) - a grossly inferior imitation

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Veneer

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(n.) - a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, façade

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Abate

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(v.) - to lessen, to reduce in severity

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Acute

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(adj.) - sharp, severe

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Amend

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(v.) - to change for the better, improve

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Baleful

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(adj.) - harmful, threatening

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Brumal

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(adj.) - wintry, relating to winter

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Celestial

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(adj.) - relating to the sky or the heavens

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Compliment

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(n.) - an expression of esteem or approval

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Daft

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(adj.) - insane, foolish

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Diligent

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(adj.) - careful, showing care

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Empathetic

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(adj.) - feeling another’s pain as one’s own

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Excursion

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(n.) - a trip, an outing

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Fey

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(adj.) - magical

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Fortuitous

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(adj.) - lucky, occurring by chance

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Hasten

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(v.) – be quick to do something

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Inclination

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(n.) - a tendency, propensity

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Judicious

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(adj.) - of sound judgment

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Linchpin

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(n.) - something that holds separate things together

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Maxim

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(n.) - a common saying of advice or virtue

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Myopic

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(adj.) - short-sighted

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Olfactory

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(adj.) - relating to the sense of smell

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Peruse

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(v.) - to examine carefully

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Precarious

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(adj.) - dangerously lacking in security or stability

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Pungent

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(adj.) - having a sharp, strong quality especially related to smell

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Reel

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(v.) - to be thrown off balance or feel dizzy

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Revel

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(v.) - to enjoy

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Sedate

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(v.) - to calm, soothe

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Strife

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(n.) - conflict

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Tangible

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(adj.) – perceptible by touch

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Trek

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(v.) - to walk, travel by foot

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Veracious

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(adj.) - honest, truthful

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abbreviate

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(v.) - to shorten, reduce

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affable

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(adj.) - friendly, amiable

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amiable

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(adj.) - friendly, affable

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bard

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(n.) - a poet, often a singer as well

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brusque

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(adj.) - short, abrupt, dismissive

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chastise

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(v.) - to criticize; to scold

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concede

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(v.) - to give in; to accept

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daunting

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(adj.) - intimidating

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diminish

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(v.) - to decrease or make smaller

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empathy

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(n.) - the experience of another’s feelings as one’s own

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exemplary

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(adj.) - serving as an example

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fickle

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(adj.) - characterized by changeableness; whimsical

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foster

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(v.) - to stimulate; promote; encourage

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hedonist

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(n.) - one whose primary pursuit is pleasure

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indictment

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(n.) - accusation of wrongdoing

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juvenile

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(adj.) - young or immature

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lithe

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(adj.) - graceful; flexible; supple

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meager

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(adj.) - lacking in quality stature

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myriad

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(adj.) - consisting of a very great number

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ominous

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(adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil; portentous

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pervasive

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(adj.) - to spread throughout

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predestination

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(n.) - the concept of destiny or fate

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purport

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(v.) - to present an intention that is often FALSE

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refrain

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(v.) - to hold oneself back; forbear

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rife

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(adj.) - abundant

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sedentary

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(adj.) - sitting

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stupefy

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(v.) - to astound

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tantamount

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(adj.) - equivalent in value or significance

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trite

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(adj.) - overused; hackneyed

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verbose

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(adj.) - wordy

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abduct

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(v.) - to kidnap

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affluent

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(adj.) - rich; wealthy

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amorous

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(adj.) - relating to or showing love

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battery

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(n.) - an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together

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buffet

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(n.) - a spread of food involving choices

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choreographed

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(adj.) - arranged; as in dance

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conciliatory

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(adj.) - agreeable; friendly

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dearth

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(n.) - a lack; scarcity

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diminutive

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(adj.) - miniature; small

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enervate

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(v.) - to weaken; make weary

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exigent

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(adj.) - critical; urgent

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figurative

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(adj.) - symbolic

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frenetic

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(adj.) - frenzied; hectic; frantic

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henchman

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(n.) - a trusted follower; goon

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indignation

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(n.) - anger due to an unfair situation

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juxtapose

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(v.) - to put next to each other

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loquacious

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(adj.) - talkative

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mediate

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(v.) - to intervene; to arbitrate; to sort out

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narrate

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(v.) - to tell a story

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oration

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(n.) - a dignified and formal speech

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petulance

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(n.) - irritability; impoliteness

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premonition

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(n.) - a presentiment of the future

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putrid

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(adj.) - rotten; rancid; foul

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reiterate

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(v.) - to repeat

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ruddy

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(adj.) - having a healthy; reddish color

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seer

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(n.) - a fortune teller

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submissive

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(adj.) - easily yielding to authority

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tedious

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(adj.) - boring; dull

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truculent

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(adj.) - eager to fight; violent

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vicarious

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(adj.) - experienced through another’s actions

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