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03/28/2005
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sanguine
 Definition
ruddy, cheerful, optopmistic
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balks
 Definition
heavy beams
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truncheons
 Definition
clubs
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prole
 Definition
common citizen
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nebulous
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indistinct
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orthodoxy
 Definition
condition of holding to a particular belief
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discountenanced
 Definition
disapproved of
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impedimenta
 Definition
things that impede progress
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invertebrate
 Definition
lacking a backbone
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gamboling
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frolicking
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zealot
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fanatic
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orfices
 Definition
openings, vents
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ideological
 Definition
part of a body of ideas
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palimpsest
 Definition
parchment used many times
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vapid
 Definition
lacking excitement
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sinecures
 Definition
easy paid position, little or no work
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concertina-like
 Definition
wrinkled like an accordian
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anodyne
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relief for pain
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convoluted
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twisted, coiled, intricate
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knell
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sound of a funeral bell
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etiolated
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weakened, sickly, drained of color
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iniquity
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gross injustice, wickedness
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febrile
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feverish
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simian
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ape-like
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luridly
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gruesomely, horribly
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feral
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ferocious, savage, wild
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oligarchical
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having power vested in a few
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credulous
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gullible, willing to believe
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orgiastic
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nature of an orgy, frenzied, exciting
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spurious
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not authentic, not genuine
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execrate
 Definition
denounce, to feel loathing for
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expropriated
 Definition
to transfer somones property to oneself
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self-abasement
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self-humiliation, lowering of self-esteem
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forebearance
 Definition
patience, restraint in the face of provocation
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copiously
 Definition
in a way that yields large quantity
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desultorily
 Definition
aimlessly, done in a haphazard way
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servile
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slavish, subservient
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sanctimonious
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righteousness
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sententiously
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in a way suggestive of pompous moralizing
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mottled
 Definition
streaked or blotched, variegated
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