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06/20/2011
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athwart
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across, against
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avatar
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embodiment of a quality in human form
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candid
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very frank and honest
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brusque
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abrupt
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irascible
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easily angered
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immanent
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operating within
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insufferable
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unbearable
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augur
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an omen, prophecy
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indolent
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lazy
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mendacity
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lying
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vacuous
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empty, lacking ideas
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consternation
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sudden dread
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meretricious
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attractive in a flashy way
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fatuously
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stupid, empty
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myriad
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countless, 10,000
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flaccid
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flabby, limp
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evocative
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to evoke
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purloin
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to steal
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chiaroscuro
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light and dark
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accrete
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growth in size
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sultry
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opressivly hot and moist
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fecund
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fertile
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defunctive
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no longer existing
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purlieus
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surrounding area
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expiate
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to make amends for wrongdoing
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sentient
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concious
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concomitant
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existing at the same time
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sloth
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laziness
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redolent
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sweet-smelling
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abnegation
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renounce
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caricature
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mock something
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soporific
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causing sleep
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flouted
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to distain
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excrete
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to eliminate or get rid of
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excrete
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to eliminate or get rid of
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adjure
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to renounce
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abject
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weak or degraded
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aggrandisment
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to make greater
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chidden
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scold
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esoteric
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secret known by few
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parsimony
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stinginess
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demure
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reserved, shy
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abasement
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degredation
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placative
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to appease
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despoil
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strip of value
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cogitant
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to think deeply about
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imbue
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to permiate with ideas
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celerity
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swiftness, speed
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tryst
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an appointment to meet by lovers
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spurious
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false
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catafalque
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a framework on which a dead body lies in a coffin
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disgorge
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to pour forth its contents, empty itself
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moiled
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to work hard, to twist or turn easily
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unfastidious
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easy to please
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ascetic
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self denying
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suffused
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to fill
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suffused
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to fill
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nimbus
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halo around head of a saint
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cozen
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to deceieve
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diffidence
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shy
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maculate
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spotted, stained
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desiccation
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to dry out completely
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slough
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to get rid of
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preclusive
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to prevent
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clotted
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lumped
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supineness
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lazy, laying down
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orifice
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opening
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morganatic
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when someone of higher status marries someone of lower status
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apotheosis
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a glorified ideal
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muse
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mediate
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tagend
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at the end
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ratiocination
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to think logically or to reason
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subterraneous
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underground
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catalepsy
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paralized
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chimaera
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fire breathing monster
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sublime
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noble, inspiring awe or admiration
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braggadocio
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bragging
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cloistral
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a monastery or covent
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anathema
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something hated
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bivouac
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a temporary encampment of soldiers in the open
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ramified
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to divide or spread out into branchs
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