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Abate

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verb; (of something perceived as hostile) become less intense

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Abstruse

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adj; difficult to understand, obscure

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Accrue

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verb; to happen as a natural growth

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Boorish

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adj; unmannered, crude

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Cabalistic

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adj; mystic

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Dearth

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noun; an inadequate supply

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Deleterious

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adj; injurious to health

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Depravity

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noun; moral corruption

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Enmity

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noun; feeling or condition of hostility

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Glean

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verb; gather slowly and laboriously

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Gesticulation

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noun; an animated or excited gesture

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Ignominy

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noun; disgrace, dishonor

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Incur

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verb; to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable)

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Iniquity

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noun; gross injustice or wickedness

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Lurid

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adj; gruesome, horrible, revolting

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Malevolence

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noun; the quality of being malevolent, ill will

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Mien

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noun; air, bearing, or demeanor

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Misanthropy

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noun; hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind

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Mutability

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noun; the ability of being subject to change

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Pithy

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adj; brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

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Precocity

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noun; the state of being unusually advanced or mature in development

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Propensity

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noun; natural inclination or tendency

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Somniferous

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adj; bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences

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Taint

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noun; trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful

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Tempestuous

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adj; characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

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Undulating

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adj; (of movement) smooth and wavelike

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Unwonted

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adj; not customary or usual

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Vestige

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noun; a mark of something that is no longer present or in existence

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Vie

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verb; to strive in competition or rivalry with another

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Zealously

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adj; ardently active, devoted, or diligent

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