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Exul

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To show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.

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Versatile

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Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

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Citadel

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A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city.

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Scoured

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To clean or brighten the surface of something by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent; to search thoroughly.

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Brazen

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Shamelessly bold or brash; impudent.

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Smoldered

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To burn slowly without a flame; to show suppressed emotion.

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Herald

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Noun
An official messenger bringing news; a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen.
Verb
To be a sign that (something) is about to happen.

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Gargantuan

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Extremely large; gigantic.

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Bereft

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Deprived or lacking something, especially a non-material asset.

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Glistening

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Shining with a sparkling or flickering light.

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Gloat

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To dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure

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Barbaric

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Savage; cruel; primitive.

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Exploit

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To make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

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Hurtled

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To move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner.

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Emblazoned

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To depict or display prominently, especially in a decorative manner.

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Surging

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To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner; to increase suddenly and powerfully.

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Dowry

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Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

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Harrowed

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To cause distress to; to cause suffering or torment.

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Mutilate

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o inflict serious damage on; to disfigure severely.

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Rabid

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Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something; infected with rabies.