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abscond

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(v.)to run off and hide

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access

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(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase

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anarchy

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(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion

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arduous

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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

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auspicious

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(adj.) favorable; fortunate

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biased

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(adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

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daunt

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(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

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disentangle

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(v.) to free from tangles or complications

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fated

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(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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hoodwink

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(v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive

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inanimate

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(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit

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incinerate

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(v.) to burn to ashes

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intrepid

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(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

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larceny

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(n.) theft

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pliant

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(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

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pompous

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(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

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precipice

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(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

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rectify

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(v.) to make right, correct

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reprieve

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(n.) a temporary relief or delay

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revile

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(v.) to attack with words, call bad names