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modest

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free from pomp or affectation

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melancholy

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characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

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importune

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beg persistently and urgently

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livelihood

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the financial means whereby one supports oneself

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sustenance

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the act of providing a means of subsistence or survival

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prodigious

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great in size, force, extent, or degree

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deplorable

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of very poor quality or condition

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grievance

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a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment

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computation

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the procedure of calculating

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raiment

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especially fine or decorative clothing

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apprehend

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understand or perceive the meaning of something

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cultivate

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prepare for crops

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renowned

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widely known and esteemed

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proficiency

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the quality of having great facility and competence

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commodity

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any good that can be bought and sold

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render

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cause to become

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eminent

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standing above others in quality or position

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repine

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express discontent

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tenant

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someone who pays rent to use property owned by someone else

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thrifty

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mindful of the future in spending money

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virtue

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any admirable quality or attribute

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esteem

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regard highly; think much of

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discourse

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consider or examine in speech or writing

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refinement

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the result of improving something

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deference

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courteous regard for people’s feelings

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sentiment

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a personal belief or judgment

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humble

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marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

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submission

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the act of surrendering power to another

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scrupulous

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characterized by extreme care and great effort

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apt

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being of striking appropriateness and relevance

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censure

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rebuke formally

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expedient

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a means to an end

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gibbet

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an instrument of public execution

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maim

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injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration

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grievous

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shockingly brutal or cruel

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famine

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a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death

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digress

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wander from a direct or straight course

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tithe

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an offering of a tenth part of some personal income

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curate

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a person authorized to conduct religious worship

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vintner

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someone who sells wine

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prudent

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marked by sound judgment

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contrive

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make or work out a plan for; devise

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inducement

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a positive motivational influence

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emulation

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effort to equal or surpass another

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enumerate

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specify individually

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propagation

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the act of producing offspring

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omit

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leave undone or leave out

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brevity

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the attribute of being short or fleeting

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vanity

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the trait of being unduly conceited

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parsimony

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extreme stinginess

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temperance

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the trait of avoiding excesses

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animosity

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a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

53
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faction

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a dissenting clique

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vain

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unproductive of success

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idle

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not in action or at work

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visionary

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not practical or realizable; speculative

57
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incur

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make oneself subject to

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contradiction

A

opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

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subsistence

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minimal resources for survival

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overture

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a tentative suggestion to elicit the reactions of others

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probationer

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someone released on probation or on parole

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carcass

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the dead body of an animal

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papist

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of or relating to or supporting Romanism

64
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farrow

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the production of a litter of pigs

65
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groat

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a former English silver coin worth four pennies

66
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episcopal

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denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

67
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venison

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meat from a deer used as food

68
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procure

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get by special effort

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burden

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a serious or difficult concern

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alms

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money or goods contributed to the poor

71
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dam

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female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

72
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scheme

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an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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squire

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an English country landowner

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dainty

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something considered choice to eat

75
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mandarin

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any high government official or bureaucrat

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annum

A

year

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incumbrance

A

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

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