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chastise

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scold, punish

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corporal

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physical, bodily

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disdaining

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ridiculing, showing contempt for

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harbinger

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warning, signali

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impedes

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prevents, hinders

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implored

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begged, beseeched

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peerless

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unique, matchless

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procreant

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fertile, fruitful

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prophetic

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making a prediction

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rapt

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absorbed, engrossed

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recompense

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payment, retribution

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repentance

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sorrow, remorse

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soliciting

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selling, persuading

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surmise

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guess, suppose

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augment

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enlarge, increase

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clamored

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made a lot of noise

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consort

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associate or partner with

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entreat

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request, implore

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largess

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generosity, charity

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malice

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hatred, hostility

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multitudinous

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plentiful, ample

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palpable

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touchable, tangible

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pretense

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excuse, evasion

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repose

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rest, relaxation

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suborned

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bribed, urged secretly to do something illegal

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temperate

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moderate, calm

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assailable

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vulnerable, open to attack

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blanched

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whitened, paled

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dauntless

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fearless, unafraid

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disposition

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personality, character

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incensed

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enraged, infuriated

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indissoluble

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firm, unbreakable

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infirmity

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illness, sickness

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jocund

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cheerful, affable

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malevolence

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ill will, spite

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mirth

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jollity, gaiety

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posterity

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heris, future generations

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purged

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eliminated, cleansed

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rancor

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bitterness, hostility

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rebuked

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scolded, reprimanded

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abjure

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disregard, renounce

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appease

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calm, soothe

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avaricious

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greddy, acquisitive

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credulous

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naive, gullible

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desolate

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lonely, abandoned

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detraction

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backbiting, belittling

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diminutive

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tiny, miniture

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impediments

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obstacles, obstructions

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interdiction

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bam, taboo

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judcious

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thoughtful, sage

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laudable

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praiseworthy, commendable

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reconciled

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made friends, brought together

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redress

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make up for, atone

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voluptuousness

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desire for pleasure or indulgence

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abhorred

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despised, loathed

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antidote

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cure, remedy

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brandished

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shook, flourished

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equivocation

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lie, evasion

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fortifies

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strengthens, reinforces

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industrious

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busy, hard working

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oblivious

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careless, heedless

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perilous

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unsafe, hazardous

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perturbation

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distrubance, agitation

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pristine

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pure, natural

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prowess

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bavery, courage

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recoil

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flinch, retreat

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speculative

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theoretical, unproven

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upbraid

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scold, reprimand

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