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Anecdotes

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A short account of a particular incident or event

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Abyss

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Anything profound,unfathomable,or infinite

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Antechamber

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A chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment

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Apparatus

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A group or combination of instruments,machinery,tools,materials

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Conflagration

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A destructive fire,usually an extensive one

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Convoy

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To accompany or escort ,usually for protection

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Delusion

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False belief

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Dusk

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The state or period of partial darkness between day and night

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Economize

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(Used with object)to manage economically,use frugally

(Used without object)to practice economy ,avoid waste

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Emblem

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An object or its representation ,symbolizing a quality,state ,class of person etc symbol

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Farce

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A light humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather then upon the development of character

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Fraught

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Filled or laden

Full of , accompanied by

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Haste

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Urgent need of quick action , in a hurry or rush

Rapid

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Henceforth

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From now on , from this point moving forward

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Indiscriminately

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Lacking in care,judgement,selectivity

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Infinite

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Immeasurably great

Indefinitely or exceedingly great

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Hysteria

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An uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear

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Jest

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A joke or witty remark

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Mystical

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Of relating to supernatural agencies,affairs, occurrences,etc

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Oppressors

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To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints

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Optimism

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Tendency to look over on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome

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Pious

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Having or showing a dutiful spirt of reverence for god or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations

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Prominent

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Standing out so as to be seen easily

Example: her eyes are her most prominent feature.

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Roused

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To bring out of a state of sleep , inactivity , depression

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Strides

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To walk with long steps as with vigor , haste ,

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Surname

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The name that a person has in common with other family members

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Surreal

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Of,relating to ,or characteristic of surrealism

Having hallucinatory or quality of a dream , unreal , fantastic

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Waiflike

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Extremely thin and unnourished

Starving

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Uttering

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Complete

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Rescinded

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To invalidate by a later action or a higher authority

To repeal