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The greeness of growing vegetation;
or such vegetation itself |
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A rhythmic sequence or flow
of sounds in language |
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Interspersed
verb
Chapter 13 |
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Placed at intervals in or among |
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Declamatory
adjective
Chapter 13 |
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Marked by specificity or
rhetorical display |
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Cursory
adjective
Chapter 13 |
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Rapidly and often superficially
performed or produced
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Slothful
adjective
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indolent; lazy; inclined
to sloth |
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The system, spirit, or customs of
medieval knighthood |
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Abject
adjective
Chapter 13 |
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sunk to or existing in a low
state or condition |
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Unsullied
adjective
Chapter 13 |
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not soiled; not tarnished;
not defiled |
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principles, doctrines, or beliefs generally held to be true, esp. by a group of common people |
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enclosed within or as if within
walls; imprisoned
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an unusually secluded house or part of a house allotted to
women in a Muslim household |
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an earned reward or wage; a
fitting return or recompense |
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Expostulate
verb
Chapter 14 |
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Definition
to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance |
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Tyrannical
adjective
Chapter 14 |
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Definition
characteristic of an absolute ruler unrestrained by law |
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Deprecate
verb
Chapter 15 |
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Definition
to express disapproval of |
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Portmanteau
noun
Chapter 15 |
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Pretension
noun
Chapter 15 |
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Definition
a claim or an effort to establish
a claim |
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Disquisitions
noun
Chapter 15 |
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Definition
formal inquiries into or discussions
of a subject |
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Patriarchal
adjective
Chapter 15 |
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Definition
of or related to a social organization marked by the supremacy of the father |
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Indelible
adjective
Chapter 15 |
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Definition
that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
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The quality of keen and farsighted penetration and judgement; intelligence |
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Consternation
noun
Chapter 15 |
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amazemnet or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
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a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost |
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Precipitous
adjective
Chapter 16 |
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Definition
very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall |
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a municipal magistrate in some countries |
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disparaging or abusive words or phrases |
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Sanguinary
adjective
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