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Star crossed

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Thwarted by bad luck

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Infatuation

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A foolish or all absorbing thing

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Unrequited

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Not returned or reciprocated

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Reconcile

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To come to terms with

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Fickle

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Marked by sudden changes

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Oppression

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Exercise of authority in a burdensome matter

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Insinuate

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To suggest or hint slightly or subtly into the mind

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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch or achieve.

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Autonomy

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Self directing freedoms

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10
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Revolutionary

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Marked by nature of sudden complete or noted change

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Vacillate

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Waiver in mind, will or feeling

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Macabre

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Dwelling on gruesome or dwelling with the subject of death.

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Fiction

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Choice of words to convey meaning

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Revere

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Condition of being lost in thought

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Self efficiancy

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Ones belief in their ability to accomplish a task successfully

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Pertinent

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Applicable to a particular matter

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Qualm

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Uneasy feeling of doubt, worry or fear.

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Myriad

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An indefinitely great number of persons or things.