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showing or having skill especially with the hands

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dexterous

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cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects

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bestrewn

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fully covered synonyms

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shrouded/veiled/cloaked/covered/disguised

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hard/shiny coating or finished applied to wood or metal

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lacquer

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(of a feeling, especially love) not returned

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unrequited

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in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, recovered

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irrevocably

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having great power, influence, effect

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potent

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(especialky of metal) polished by rubbing

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burnished

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9
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take (position of power or importance) illegaly or by force

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usurp

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10
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(of a woman) imposingly tall and shapely

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junoesque

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enough/more than enough/plentiful

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ample

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(especially of something written) breifly and clearly expressed (concise)

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succinct

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13
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prepared to obey others unquestioningly.

less important; subordinate.

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Subservient

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14
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Cold/ unfeeling soul/spirit mind

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callous psyche

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15
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made smaller or less.

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diminished

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Appears/ stated to be lesser than however not necessarily true

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Ostensibly Diminutive

17
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not clearly visible or attracting attention.

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Inconspicuous

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a person who brings about or initiates something.

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Instigator

19
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Posited the idea that a person’s moral character could be told from the appearance of their face

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Draws upon the victorian science of Physiognomy

20
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violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.

the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.

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saclrilege

blasphemy

21
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serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic

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Emblematic

22
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having a lot of space inside; roomy.

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Capacious

23
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not having any serious purpse

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frivolous

24
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silly and immature

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peurile

25
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sulky

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petulant

26
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lack of experience/wisdom

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naïve

27
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presented in mixed way

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ambivalent terms

28
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turning abstrat noun into thing/person

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reification

29
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undergoes dramatic change

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undergoes a metamorphosis

30
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feels reget

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penitent/ contrite

31
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shows good judgement, no longer naïve

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astute/ discerning

32
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sudden realisation about moral and social attitudes in soc.

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moral and social epiphany

33
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opposite

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antithesis

34
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early feminist, before and around suffragette movement

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proto-feminist figure

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sexist views

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mysogynistic views

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something with a clear moral message used to teach

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didactic

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