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Clamorous.

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noisy

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A ______ is a formal religious declaration.

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Doctrine.

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_____ applies to people who devote themselves to religious pursuits.

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Pious

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Arduous.

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Very difficult

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Asunder.

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Separated, torn apart.

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Deprived or robbed of something.

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Bereft.

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Doleful.
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Sorrowful.

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Fiend.

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An evil person.

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Succor.

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Relief or aid.

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Hewn.

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Cut with an ax.

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Quailed.

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Displaying fear.

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Recreant.

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Cowardly.

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Comely.

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Pleasing to look at. Attractive.

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Retinue.

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A number of attendants or retainers.

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Adroitly.

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In a clever or skillful manner.

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Assailed.

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To attack violently.

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Irascibility.

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easily provoked anger

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Affliction.

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Disease.

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imminent

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about to happen

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paradox

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contradiction

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Lament.

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Sorrow.

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repungant (Ree-pun—gant)

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resistant

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Calumnious. (Kah—lah—mee—nuhs)

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Harmful and untrue.

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Awry.

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Amiss.

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apparition

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phantom

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reprove

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criticize or correct the mistakes of someone

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accost

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approach in a challenging or aggressive manner

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surfeit

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satisfy a desire

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mollification

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appeasement

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prattle

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talk meaninglessly

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folly

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act of foolishness

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Peevish

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Ill-tempered.

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Dichotomy. (Die—kah—tah—mee)

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A division into two.

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Depute.

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To appoint someone to perform a task.

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plight

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an unfortunate situation

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raiment

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clothing

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contrive

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to plan with cleverness

38
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revile

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to criticize in an insulting manner

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hubbub

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a chaotic and noisy din caused by a crowd

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upheaval

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a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

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turmoil

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a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

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Conquest

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Conquering.

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Devout.

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totally committed to a cause or belief.

44
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Outspoken

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talking in a free and honest way about your opinions

45
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abolish

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put a end to

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conscience

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sense of right and wrong

47
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_______ the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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Syntax.

48
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An _______ is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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Allusion.

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Idyllic.

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Perfect.

50
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lucrative

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profitable; moneymaking;

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Cyclic.

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Something that happens repeatedly in the same order, or in cycles

Sick–lick

52
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Conducive.

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Making a certain situation or outcome
likely or possible.

53
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Facilitate

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to make something easier or to help cause something

54
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Regulate.

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to control an activity or process by rules or a system.

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Flux.

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the action or process of flowing or flowing out.

56
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reservoir

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a place where something is kept in store; storage.

57
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the transformation of ice or snow directly into water vapor without melting into liquid water. It occurs only under certain weather conditions. This process is called _________.

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sublimation

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porous

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having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass.

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