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1
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Animosity

A

Active enmity

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Berate

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Scold strongly

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Brunt

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Main impact or shock

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Indoctrinate

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Instruct in a doctrine or ideology

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Gesticulation

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Motion; Gesture

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Ashen

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Ash-colored

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Stupefy

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Make numb; Stun; Amaze

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Balmy

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Mild; Fragrant

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Baleful

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Deadly; Having a malign influence; Ominous

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation

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Precis

A

Concise summing up of main points

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Extenuate

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Weaken; Mitigate

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Cumulative

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Growing by addition

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14
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Patina

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Green crust on old bronze works; Tone slowly taken by varnished painting

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Energize

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Invigorate; Make forceful and active

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Nathema

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Solemn curse; Someone or something regarded as a curse

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Euphoria

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Feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated)

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Appropriate

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Acquire; Take possession of for one’s own use

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Orgy

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Wild, drunken revelry; Unrestrained indulgence in a tendency

20
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Ramble

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Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)

21
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Raspy

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Grating; Harsh

22
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Theocracy

A

Government run by religious leaders

23
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Soverieign

A

Efficacious; Supreme or paramount; Self-governing

24
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Infer

A

Deduce; Conclude

25
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Apotheosis

A

Elevation to godhood; An ideal example of something

26
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FOunder

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Fail completely; Sink

27
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Variegated

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Many-colored

28
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Reverie

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Daydream; Musing

29
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Distort

A

Twist out of shae

30
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Remorse

A

Guilt; Self0reproach

31
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Impede

A

Hinder; Block; Delay

32
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Languid

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Weary; Sluggish; Listless

33
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Atain

A

Achieve or accomplish; Gain

34
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Shoddy

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Sham; Not genuine; Inferior

35
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Harass

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To annoy by repeated attacks

36
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Renege

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Deny; Go back on

37
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Stigmatize

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Brand; Mark as wicked

38
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Felicity

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Happiness; Appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)

39
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Mischance

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Ill luck

40
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Deploy

A

Spread out (troops) in a extended though shallow battle line

41
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Retrieve

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Recover; Find and bring in

42
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Lethargic

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Drowsy; Dull

43
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Overt

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Open to view

44
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Inebriated

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Habitually intoxicated; Drunk

45
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Blatant

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Flagrant; Conspicuously obvious; Loudly offensive

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