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1
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Beyond

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Far off

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Uncover

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To make known, reveal, expose

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Outrageous

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Shockingly bad

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Weaved

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Join information

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Fused

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Joined or blended to form a single entity

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Plot

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A plan made un secret

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endeavoured

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try hard

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splinter

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a small piece of wood broken off from a larger piece

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bondage

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slavery

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rendered us

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made us

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sorcerers

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wizard, witch

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average

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standard

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infuriates

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make (someone) extremely angry and impatient.

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covetousness

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avariciousness

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cowardice

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lack of bravery.

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egomaniacal

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self-absorbed.

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meek

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quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive

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weak

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lacking the power to refuse

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manoeuvre

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a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

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baroque

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of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

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morose

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grumpy

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ensure

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secure

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trite

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lacking originality or freshness.

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craft

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artistry

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ponder

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meditate

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interbred

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breed or cause to breed with another of a different race or species

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staggering

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amazing

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amid

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between

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upheavals

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a violent or sudden change or disruption to something

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merely

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simply

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seeding

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sowing

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afield

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at a distance.

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headquarters

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the premises occupied by a commander and the commander’s staff.

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34
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enslaved

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oppressed

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spin

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turn

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herd

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flock

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foreman

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a worker, especially a man, who supervises and directs other workers.

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strings

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rope

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peak

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top

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recruits

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any new member or supporter

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creeds

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religion

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fodder

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forraje

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offshoots

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a side shoot or branch on a plant

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orchestrating

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arrange or direct the elements of (a situation) to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously.

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underpinned

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propped up

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sheeple

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masses

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offspring

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successors

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ludicrous

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ridiculous

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purveying

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provide

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subtle

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so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe

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stooges

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puppetry

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entrapment

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the state of being caught in or as in a trap

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isms

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beliefs

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bishop

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a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders

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priets

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deacon

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capstone

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a stone fixed on top of something

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buzzing

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making a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound

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mesmerised

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hypnotized

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friggin

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stupid

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swatter

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used to kill insects

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encompassing

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including

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compartmentalised

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categorize

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intended

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planned

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keenly

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intensely

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allotted

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assigned

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weapons

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arms

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patsy

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scapegoat

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sacking

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dismissal

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bedfellow

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a person who shares a bed with another

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outcry

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shout

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fledged

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feathered

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outcome

A

results

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cradle

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crib

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countless

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uncountable

75
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tomb

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grave

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swathes

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stripes

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begotten

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engendered

78
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redeem

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pay off

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worshipped

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adored

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indeed

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in effect

81
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endlessly

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in a way that has or seems to have no end or limit

82
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mainstream

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conventional

83
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minefield

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an area planted with explosive mines

84
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decipher

A

decode

85
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flesh

A

meat

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fitted

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equipped

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quarries

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mine / a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

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chunks

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pieces

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clamps

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brace

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depictions

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representations

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underneath

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below

92
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walrus

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a large gregarious marine mammal related to the eared seals, having two large downward-pointing tusks and found in the Arctic Ocean

93
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baloney

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foolish or deceptive talk / nonsense

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coal

A

carbon

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seam

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vein

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slab

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block

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bullets

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bale

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tidal

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relating to or affected by tides.

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lush

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exuberant

100
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prior

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previous