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Emigrate

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To leave ones country and settle in another

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Frivolity

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The quality of being trivial, not serious or silly

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Stalwart

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Sturdy, brave, or firm

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Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate

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Impregnable

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Cannot be entered by force

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Mystical

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Mysterious

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Fortitude

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The strength to bear misfortune

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Desolate

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Barren

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Liaison

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A linking up or connecting parts of a whole; meeting place

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Sundry

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Various, many, a lot

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Breaker

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A wave that breaks into foam against the shore

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Manifold

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Many

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Sentinel

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A guard

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14
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Fire time

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The past

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Staunch

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Strong, solidly made

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Hue

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Appearance, color

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Solace

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Comfort in sorrow or distress

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Providence

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An instance of divine care of guidance

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Vanquish

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Defeat in battle

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Aloof

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Distant

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Procure

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To get by special effort, obtain

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Commodity

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Something useful, an article of commerce

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Feigned

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Not real, pretend

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Wrath

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Fierce anger

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Appease

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To bring peace, quiet or calmness

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Loathsome

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Have great dislike for

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Abhor

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To regard with disgust

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Abominable

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Thoroughly detestable

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Ascribe

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To attribute to a specified cause or source

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Incense

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To cause to be extremely angry

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31
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Deliverance

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Rescue for evil

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Mitigation

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Lessening of something that causes suffering

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Inconceivable

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Not being able to be understood or imagined

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34
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Ascertain

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Find out; detect

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35
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Diabolical

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Witchcraft

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Bemused

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Confused

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37
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Propitiation

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Appeasement

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Licentious

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Having no regard for the rules

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Evade

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Escape using cleverness

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Ecstatic

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State of exalted delight

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Condemnation

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Severe rep roof, strong censure

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Fraud

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Fake

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Pallor

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Extreme paleness

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Perplexed

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Puzzled, confused

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Indignant

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Filled with anger aroused by something unjust

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Avidly

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Enthusiastically

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Sarcastically

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Expressing a mocking tone or remark

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Base

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Having low moral standards

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Tainted

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Having a moral defect; infected

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Ineptly

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Awkwardly

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Calamity

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Disaster

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Blasphemy

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An irreverent act or utterance

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Menacingly

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Threateningly

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Lechery

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Promiscuity

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Providence

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Work of divine direction

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Daft

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Crazy foolish silly

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Contemptuous

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Scornful, disdained

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Anonymity

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Secrecy

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Effrontery

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Audacity, insulting boldness

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Qualm

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Sensation of misgiving or uneasiness

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Manifest

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Obviously seen to the eye

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Remorselessly

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Having no mercy or compassion

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Contemplation

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Thoughtful observation or meditation

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Pretense

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The act of pretending

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Transfixed

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Amazement or awe

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Allegiance

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Loyalty

69
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Beguile

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Cheat or divert

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Reprieve

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Postponement of punishment

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Statutes

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Law or decree

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Adamant

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Firm in purpose or opinion

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Incredulously

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Disbelievingly

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Indictment

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Statement of criminal charges

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Penitence

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Performing penance

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Cious

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Wise

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Bivouac

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Temporary camp

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Sublime

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Of such excellence or beauty

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Main

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Open ocean

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U tenanted

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Not occupies

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Tangible

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Able to be touched

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Insoluble

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Having no solution

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Annihilate

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Destroy completely

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Alleviation

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A decrease in severity

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Deficiency

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A lack

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Affinity

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A kind ship or likeness

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Vivacious

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Full of energy

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Insipid

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Lacking in flavor

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Emaciated

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Excessively thin

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Futility

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Uselessness

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Interment

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Burial

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Fitfully

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In an irregular way, unsteadily

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Terrestrial

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On the ground

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Narrative

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A story

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Aghast

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Overcome fear

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect

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Stigma

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Disgrace

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Tremulous

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Trembling, shaking

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Decrepit

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Weak worn out

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