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Divination

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Augury; prophecy; perception by intuition; instinctive foresight

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Rifled

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Stolen or stripped bare

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Epitome

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A person or thing that shows the typical qualities of something

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Abjectness

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Misery; wretchedness

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Canebrake

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A dense growth of cane plants

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Inviolable

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Not to be profaned or injured

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Progenitor

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An ancestor in direct line; a precursor

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Abashed

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Ashamed and uneasy

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Shoats

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Young, weaned pigs

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Punily

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Pettily, insignificantly

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Apotheosis

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The deifying of a person; the glorification of a person or thing

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Abhorrence

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A feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion

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Obscurity

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The state or quality of being dim, dark, not easily seen

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Taint

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Trace of contamination, corruption

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Anonymity

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The state or quality of being with no known name

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Synchronized

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Moved or occurred at the same rate or time

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Wailing

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Long, loud, sad cry, as in grief or pain

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Ruthless

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Without pity or compassion

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Gnawed

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Bitten away bit by bit

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Luminous

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Giving off light; bright

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Evanescently

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In a way that is tending to fade from sight; fleetingly; ephemerally

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Abrogated

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Canceled or repealed by authority

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Fatuous

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Complacently stupid; foolish

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Malevolent

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Wishing evil or harm to others; malicious

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Myriad

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Of a great number

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Reft

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Taken away by or as if by force

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Effluvium

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A disagreeable vapor or odor