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abase

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to lower

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acquiesce

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to agree

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adjunct

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something attached to a main body

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aesthetic

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having to do with art or beauty

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air

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to bring out into the open

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allegory

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symbolic story

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altruism

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goodness

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amorphus

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without shape

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anecdote

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a short an amusing story

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annulment

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cancelation

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anterior

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placed infront

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aperture

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opening

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apprehensive

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worried

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arcane

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mysterious

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aristocratic

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ascetic

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`assuage

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to soothe

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audacity

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nerve

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autocratic

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favoring complete rule by one person

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avow

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to swear by

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balk

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to hesitate suddenly

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barracks

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housing for soldiers

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Avow

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To swear by

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Balk

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To hesitate suddenly

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Barracks

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Housing for soldiers

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Becalmed

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Made peaceful

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Bellicose

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Warlike in manner

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Berate

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To scold

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Bicker

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To argue about unimportant things

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Blunderbuss

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Old fashioned shotgun

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Bourgeoisie

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Middle class

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Browbeat

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To bully

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Burnish

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To polish

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Cacophonous

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Harsh sounding

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Callow

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Immature

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Castigate

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To punish

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Catharsis

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Sudden emotional relief

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Caustic

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Bitter

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Ceremonious

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Formal

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Cherubic

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Angel like

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Circuitous

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Roundabout

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Cite

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To quote

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Clemency

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To forgive

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Coerce

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To force someone to do something

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Coherent

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Logical

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Colloquial

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Informal but common speech

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Commend

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to praise

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Compliant

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Obedience

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Condescend

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To talk down to

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Confiscate

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To seize

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Congenial

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Friendly

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Conscript

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To force into service

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Contentious

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Argumentive

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Contusion

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Bruise

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Corpulent

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Fat

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Cosmopolitan

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Sophisticated

From the city

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Crest

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Cupidity

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Dart

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To move quickly

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Debauchery

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Corruption

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Decorum

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Proper behavior

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Defector

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One who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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Defy

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To resist openly

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Contentious

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Argumentive

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Contusion

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Corpulent

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Cosmopolitan

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Sophisticated

From the city

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Crest

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Cupidity

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Dart

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To move quickly

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Debauchery

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Corruption

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Decorum

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Proper behavior

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Defector

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One who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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Defy

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To resist openly

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Demographer

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An expert on population statistics

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Deprecate

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To criticize

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Despise

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Determinate

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Dilapidated

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Dirge

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Funeral song

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Disbursement

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Disenfranchise

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Take away someone’s right to vote

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Dispassionate

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Dissent

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Disagreement

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Dither

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To be indiscisive

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Doctrine

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Something taught

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Dormant

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Drape

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To cover loosely

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Drudgery

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Boring work

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Ebullient

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Edifying

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Enlightening

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Elicit

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To bring out

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Emaciated

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Embody

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To express

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Emulate

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To imitate someone who is admired

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Endemic

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Limited to

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Enthrall

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To fascinate

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Enunciate

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To pronounce clearly

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Equanimity

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Eschew

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Ethos

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Values of a culture

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Expatriate

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To remove one from his homeland

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Extemporize

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To perform without practice

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Extricate

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Facade

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The front of a building

Surface appearance

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Fallow

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Feint

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An action intended to mislead an opponent

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Fetter

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A chain

To prevent from moving

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Finesse

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Flippant

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Joking disrespectfully

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Fluster

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To embarrass

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Forswear

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Fraught

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Filled with

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Furrow

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Ditch or hole in the ground

To wrinkle

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Gag

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Joke

To prevent from speaking

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Gambol

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To jump or dance playfully

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Gentry

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Upper class

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for

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Hack

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A writer for hire

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Hedonist

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One who loves physical pleasures

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Heretofore

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks established beliefs

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Impalpable

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Unable to be touched

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Implacable

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Incapable of being soothed

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Impudence

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Incantation

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Magical chant

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Incisive

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Incorporeal

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Without physical existence

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Indecorum

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Lack of good manners

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Indignant

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Characterized by a sudden feeling of shock

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Insidious

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Dangerous in a way that is difficult to see

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Intemperate

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Extreme

Violent

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Intransigent

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Invective

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Irate

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Very angry

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