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Vulnerable

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Exposed, at risk

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Kinky

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Unusual, peculiad

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Conventional

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Normal, standard

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Patronising

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in a condescending way, degrading

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Incomprensible

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Impossible to understand , unintelligible

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Political climate

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The current political situation

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Synonymous

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The same

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Fleecing

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Depriving of, swindling

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Abject

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Something that is very bad or miserable

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Malign

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To have an evil effect or evil nature

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Disposses

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Deprive

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Empower

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Give power

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Dignity

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The quality of being worthy of honour

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Lean

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Having little to no fat

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Ghoulish

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morbidly interested in death and disaster, resembling characteristic of a ghoul (demon like, monsterous)

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Tramped

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To walk heavily or noisily

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Callous

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Insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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Enervating

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Drained of energy

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Frictionless

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Smooth transition

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Festering

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Rotting

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Revulsion

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Disgust

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Taboo

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Prohibited or restricted thing/subject

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Surreptitiously

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Secretly

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Feeble

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Weak

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Inured

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Hardened

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Accustomed

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Usual

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Seminal

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Strongly Influential

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Spectral

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Of or like a ghost

29
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Billow

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A large mass of something

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Deceptive

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Misleading

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Implements

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A tool or other piece of equipment used for a particular purpsos

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Knoll

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A small hill or mound

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Intently

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With eager attention

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Staple

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Main or important

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Foolhardy

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Recklessly bold

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Hostile

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Unfriendly

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Poised

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A calm manner

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Teeter

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Moves unsteadily

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Akin

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Similar to

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Ensnares

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Catch in or as in a trap

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Grimace

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Ugly disgusted expression

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Tweaking

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Agitation, twist or pull something dharply

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Compassion

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Sympathetic pity

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Opression

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Treating people unfairly

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Religious persecution

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Treating people differently because of their religion

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Borstal

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Juvenile detention centre

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Convulsion

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Sudden irregular movement

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Pinnacle

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A high, pointed piece of rock

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Impish

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Mischievous

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Incomprensible

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Not intelligible

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Cultural infiltration

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To help people fully understand the various parts of a culture

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Aristocrat

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Someone who’s family has a high social rank, someone who has a title

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Voluminous

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A lot of fabric

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Indigenous

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Native

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Felicitously

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Well chosen or suited to the circumstance

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Cordial

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Warm and friendly, strongly felt

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Consolidated

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Lumped together in a solid block

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Relentlessly

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In an intense or harsh way

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Ruse

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A trick

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Revered

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Feel deep respect or admiration for

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Prominent

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Important, famous

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Lurch

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Abrupt or u controlled movement

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