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Ferret

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Driver hunt out of hiding; expel; uncover or discovered by searching

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Proviso

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Stipulation, provision

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uxorious

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Excessively submissive or devoted to one’s wife

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slough

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Shed or cast off

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Rake

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Immoral or dissolute person

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Fresco

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Painting on wet plaster

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privation

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Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life, hardship, want

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Tensile

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Capable of being stretched; of tension

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Plumb

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Exactly vertical

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Gibe

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Mock

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Phalanx

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Formation of infantry, group of men act together

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halcyon

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Calm, peaceful

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conjoin

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To join together

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Physiognomy

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Face; part of judging human character from facial features

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Hermitage

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Home of a hermit

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ingenue

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Young innocent girl

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Imprecation

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Curse, swearword

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cynosure

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Object of general attention

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Phoenix

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Symbol of immortality or rebirth

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limn

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Draw; outline; describe

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Lancet

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Small surgical tool for making incisions

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Repartee

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Quick clever reply

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Cache

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Hiding place

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Mealymouthed

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Indirect In Speech; hypocritical; evasive

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Sheaf

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Bundle of things tied together

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floe

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Flat Mass of floating ice

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rotundity

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Roundness; sonorousness of speech

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Glutinous

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Sticky, like glue in texture

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bait

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Harass, tease

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chimerical

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Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic

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Bilious

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Irritable; suffering from indigestion

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Cleft

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Split

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Gull

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To trick, to deceive, to hoodwink

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Opalescent

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Iridescents; lustrous; like an opal

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Pandemic

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Widespread; affecting the majority of people

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bedizen

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Dress with vulgar finery

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Patrimony

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Property inherited from the father

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Impute

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ascribe

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Connivance

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Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend

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Sumptuous

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Grand; suggesting great expense; lavish; Rich

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Gerontocracy

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Government ruled by old people

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Bombast

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Grandiloquent, pompous speech

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incrustation

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Hard coding or crust

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Docket

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agenda; Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; label fix to a package listing contents or directions

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plait

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braid

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Plutocracy

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Society ruled by the wealthy

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Concerted

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Mutually agreed-upon; done together by agreement

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Propinquity

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Nearness in time or place; affinity of nature

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Oligarchy

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Government by the privileged few

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Febrile

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Feverish

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Piscatorial

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Pertaining to fishing

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Jaundiced

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Yellowed; prejudiced from a long and disappointing experience of human affairs;

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Sectarian

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Of a sex; narrowminded; parochial

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Quietude

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State of calmness, stillness, and quiet

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unregenerate

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Not reforming or showing repentance

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Attrition

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Gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees

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Truant

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Shirking, lazy

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Profligate

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Wasteful; dissipated; wildly immoral

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dissolute

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lax in morals; licentious

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Syllogism

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Standard logical argument

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Histrionic

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Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors were acting

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remunerative

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Compensating, rewarding, profitable, well-paid

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Interloper

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Intruder; one who interferes

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baneful

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Causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

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Fancier

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Breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plants or animals

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Elysian

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Relating to paradise; blissful

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filial

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Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

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Ichthyology

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Study of fish

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Implacable

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Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease

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Ramshackle

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Poorly constructed; Rickety; falling apart

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Inveterate

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Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

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virago

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Allowed, domineering woman; scold or nag

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Quail

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Lose courage, turn frightened

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Internecine

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Mutually destructive

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Tumid

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Swollen; distended; Boombastic; office

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Indemnify

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Make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss

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Sybarite

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Lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury

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Recrimination

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Countercharge

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exculpate

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show or declare that someone is not guilty

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ennui

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Boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest

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Tract

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Propaganda pamphlet; expanse of land; region of indefinite sides; system of related organs

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ken

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Range of knowledge

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Extrinsic

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External, not essential or inherent, extraneous

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Encomiastic

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Praising, eulogist

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Munificent

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Very generous in giving

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Immure

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Imprison

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Extirpate

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To destroy, exterminate, cut out,

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Plaudit

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Praise, enthusiastic approval

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Repine

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Fret, complain, be annoyed

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prate

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talk idly

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descry

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catch sight of

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Dowdy

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Untidy, slovenly

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Demotic

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Of or pertaining to the people

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Interstice

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Narrow space between things

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laity

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Laypersons, Lehman, person is not connected with the clergy

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Disingenuous

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Sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, Connie

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doff

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Take off

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fructify

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bear fruit; produce fruit

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Missive

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Letter; written statement

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apothegm

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pithy, compact saying

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bacchanal

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Noisy party with a lot of drinking

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viscid

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Adhesive, gluey

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Coterie

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Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests

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bilge

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Bulge, the protuberance of a task

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pallet

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Small poor bed

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artifice

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Deception, trickery

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arroyo

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gully

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pall

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Become boring; grow tiresome

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straggle

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move slowly

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Remonstrate

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Protest, objection

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Depredation

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Plundering

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Lubricious

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Luna, Washington, greasy, slippery

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bivouac

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Temporary encampment

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Tithe

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Tax of one tenth contributed to a church

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Proscenium

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Part of stage in front of curtain

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Convivial

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Pleasantly married, festive

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Provender

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Dry food for livestock; fodder

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escheat

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Transfer of property ownership to the government by default

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Beset

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Harass or trouble from all directions

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Lode

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Metal bearing vein (long deposit of and four)

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yeoman

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Man or farmer owning small estates, middle-class farmer

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Dint

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Means; effort

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Vulpine

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Like a fox; crafting

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effluvium

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Noxious smell

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Fitful

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Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular

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Rostrum

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Raised platform for making speeches; pulpit

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homily

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religious discourse

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lectern

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reading desk or stand for a public speaker

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reprove

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rebuke

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salutory

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Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

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scad

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great quantity

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Doddering

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Shaky, infirm from old

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leonine

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Like a lion

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Dotage

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Senility

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pinnace

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Small boat

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labile

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Likely to change, unstable

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Dissimulate

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Pretend, conceal by feigning, dissemble

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warren

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network of interconnecting rabbit burroughs

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dissemble

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pretend

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supererogatory

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Superfluous

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obeisance

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To bow

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sartorial

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relating to tailors or tailoring

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discompose

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disturb the composure; confuse

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endue

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endow

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sluice

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Artificial channel for directing for controlling the flow of water

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dross

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rubbish; worthless stuff

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exegesis

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Explanation, especially biblical passages

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deign

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Condescend; stoop

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Testator

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Maker of a will

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Fiat

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formal authorization or proposal

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Concatenate

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link together in a chain or series

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Carillon

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A set of bells

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Whelp

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Young animal

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involute

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involved; intricate

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Aseptic

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Preventing infection

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Chortle

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chuckle in delight

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Mordant

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Biting, sarcastic, incisive, cut

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patois

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Local and provincial dialect

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Concordat

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Formal agreement

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Atavism

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Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than two parents

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pinion

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Restraint or immobilized by finding the wings were legs

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Orthography

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conventional spelling system

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venial

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Forgivable; trivial

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effulgent

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Shining brightly, brilliant

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gadfly

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Animal biting flies; irritating person

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Dysentery

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Inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract

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Fusillade

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a series of shots in quick succession

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indite

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write, compose

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palimpsest

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Parchment or piece of writing material use for second time after original writing has been erased

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desuetude

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Cessation of use; disuse

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Hem

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Surround tightly so that movement is impossible

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subaltern

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Subordinate

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Rebus

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Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols

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Emolument

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Salary; payment for an office; compensation

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Troth

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Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal

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impuissance

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Powerlessness

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tureen

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Deep dish for serving soup

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lilliputian

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Extremely small

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pellucid

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Transparent, easy to understand

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Bedizen

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To adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner

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wastrel

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Waster, profligate

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polity

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Political organization; form of government of nation or state

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Consanguineous

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Having a common ancestor

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Tonsure

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Shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders

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Emblazon

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Ornament richly

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Raiment

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Clothing, garment

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blithe (blithesome)

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Gay; joyous

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Controvert

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Contradict

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Acarpous

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Effete, no longer fertile, worn out

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detumescence

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Diminishing or lessening of swelling

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SLEIGHT

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dexterity

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rote

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repetition; learning by repetition

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vitreous

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of glass

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decollete

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low neckline

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putative

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generally considered or reputed to be

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inamorata

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woman who loves a man

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Foppish

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Jane about dress and appearance

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Bugaboo

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Object of baseless terror

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Equipoise

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Balance; balancing force; equilibrium

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synoptic

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forming a summary

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pendulous

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Hanging down loosely

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bandy

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Discuss lately or glibly; exchange words heatedly

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Tipple

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Drink frequently

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Vicar

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Parish priest; representative

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Disport

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Amuse

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Minatory

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Menacing, threatening

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Superannuated

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Retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete

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Luculent

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Easily understood, lucid, clear

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