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1
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Gut

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  1. To empty or hollow out
  2. Stomach
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2
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Expeditiously

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Quickly and efficiently

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Discretely

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Separately; distinctly

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4
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Agnostic

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Believing that we have no way to know about god

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5
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Animism

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Believing that trees, wind, etc have souls

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Ecclesiastical

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Relating to church

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Exalt

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To praise or honour

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Decrepit

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Weakened or worn out due to age, illness or excessive use

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Prognosis

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An educated guess of how something will develop

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10
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Augment

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To make bigger or better by adding to

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11
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Divination

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For telling future by finding patterns in physical objects

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12
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Invoke

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To call on for support

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13
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Self-perpetuating

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Having the power to renew oneself for an indefinite period of time

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Assimilate

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To consume or incorporate; to become similar

Not all of the overseas students could assimilate into the rigidly controlled school

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Vestige

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A visible trace that something once existed

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness

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17
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De facto

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Truly doing a job, even if not officially

18
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Discriminate

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To choose carefully among options

19
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Notion

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A belief

20
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Paradigm

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A pattern or model; a set of assumptions

21
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Prejudiced

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Causing to judge prematurely and unfairly

22
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Erudite

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Highly educated

23
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Parochial

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Restricted in outlook

24
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Rigour

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Strictness; difficult situations that come from following rules strictly

25
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Roster

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A list, especially of names

26
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Secular

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State of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion

27
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In the trenches

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In the middle of the hardest fighting or work

28
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Milieu

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Environment

29
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Orwellian

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Frightening and over controlled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life

30
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Per capita

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Per person

31
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Affluence

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Wealth and the style of life that goes with it

32
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Impoverish

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To make a person poor

33
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Proprietor

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Owner

34
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Enterprising

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Resourceful
Creative in thinking of ways to make money

35
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Industrious

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Willing to work hard

36
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Entrepreneurial

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Able to create business opportunities from a wide variety of circumstances

37
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Haggle

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To argue back and forth about the price
Bargain

38
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Intrepid

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Fearless

39
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Fostered

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Encouraged

40
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Disdain

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The feeling that somebody or something is not good enough to be respected

41
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Pragmatic

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Practical

42
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Apprehend

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To capture

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