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Mr. White Semester One
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English
12th Grade
01/13/2009
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hapless
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unfortunate, unlucky
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dais
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raised platform
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comeliest
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most attractive
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countenace
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appearance
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smite
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inflict a heavy blow
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respite
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short interval of rest or delay
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covenant
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binding agreement
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sunder
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break apart, separate
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intrigue
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plotting or schemeing
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treachery
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betrayal of trust
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amiably
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in a pleasant manner
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transgress
 Definition
overstep or break a law
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betide
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happen to
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beguile
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mislead by tricking
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entreat
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eask eagerly, beg
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vanquish
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conquer or defeat
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mortification
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shame, humiliation
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statgem
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trick or plan
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embargo
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government order prohibiting the entry or departure of ships
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extremities
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outermost parts
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intallibly
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unmistakedly
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confounded
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confused
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junta
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council
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recapitulate
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summarize
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panegyric
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high praise
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elude
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evade, escape
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pernicious
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wicked
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odious
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arousing disgust, offensive
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ingratiate
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bring into favor
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agitation
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violent motion
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tribute
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homage
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impotent
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powerless
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esolation
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ruin
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contriver
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one who plans
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procure
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obtain
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veneration
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deep respect
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detract
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take or draw away
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hitherto
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until this time
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acute
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keenly intelligent
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abominate
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dislike very much
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lenity
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leniency, mildness
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contemptuously
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scornully
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stealth
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act of proceeding secretly or imperceptibly
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career
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move at full speed
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parry
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reply in a clever or evasive way
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obscure
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relatively unknown, not prominent or famous
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uncanny
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seeming to have a supernatural or mysterious character or origin
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remonstrate
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stay in protest or object
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vigilant
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staying watchful or alert to danger or trouble
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fastidious
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not easy to please, very critical
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crooked
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hooked, bent, or curved or part
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veldt
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open grassy country with few bushes or tress, grassland
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lope
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lone, easy swinging stride
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exultation
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act of rejoicing, jubilation, triumph
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superfluity
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excess, superabundance
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tumult
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sultry
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sultry
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oppressively hot and moist
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myriad
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fate or necessity
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stoicism
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indifference to pleasure or pain, impassivity
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incredulously
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in a manner that shows doubt or disbelief
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organdy
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sheer fabric
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docility
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submissiveness
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vulnerable
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open to injury or attack, easily hurt
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irrelevant
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not related to the subject
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palpitation
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rapid heartbeat
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burlesqued
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parody, imitate derisively
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exuberant
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full of life
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delirium
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wilde excitement
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inanimate
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lifeless
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languidly
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sluggishly, without vigor
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nonentity
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person of no importance
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preoccupied
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engrossed
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acute
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sever and sharp
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doggedly
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persistently
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oppressive
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distressing
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heath
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open wasteland
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hostelry
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lodging place
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hostelry
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lodging place
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fustian
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course cloth
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stature
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height
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saucy
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stylish
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withal
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beisdes, nevertheless
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sedately
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in a dignified manner
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solitous
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showing concern
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seemly
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proper
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cloister
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monastery
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prelate
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high-ranking member of the cleary
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wanton
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unrestrained, extravagant
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absolution
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forgivness
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verity
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truth
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accrue
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accumulate periodicaly
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arbirate
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settle a dispute
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motley
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multicolored
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sober
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serious, grave
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unworldly
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unsophisticated
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temperate
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moderate
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belie
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misrepresent
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invoke
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ask solemnly for, beg for, implore
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impious
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lacking respect or dutifulness
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ethereal
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no earthly, heavenly, clestial
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perdition
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complete and irreparable loss, ruin
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omnipotent
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God, having unlimited power
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baleful
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sorrowful, wretched
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obdurate
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stubborn, obstinate, inflexible
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sovereign
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above or superior to all others, greatest, supreme
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sanctitude
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fact or being sacred or invoilable
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filial
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of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
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disheveled
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disarranged and untidy
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coy
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playful or evasive
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dalliance
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flirting, toying, trifiling
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dandle
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wing up and down
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proboscis
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an elephant's trunk, a long, flexible snout
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guile
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shyness and cunning in dealing with other
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ruminating
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chewing cud, as a cow does
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exalt
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heigten or intensify the action or effectof
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pire
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heighten or intesify the action or effect of
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aspire
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seek to achieve lofty goals
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sinew
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tendon or nerve
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countenance
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look on a person's face
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officious
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meddlesome
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munificence
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generosity
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strand
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shore
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tremulous
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tembling
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turbid
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muddled
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certitude
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absolute surness
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anarchy
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political disorder and violence, lawlessness
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masquerade
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ball or party at which masks and fancy costumes or disguises are worn
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sordid
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dirty, filthy
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constitute
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make up, be the components or elements of, form, compose
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scourger
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one who scourges or flogs
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hacked
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cut rudely, roughly or irregularly
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wrought
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shaped by hammering or beating
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quill
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stiff feather of a bird
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sully
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soil or stain
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staunch
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strong
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blithe
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cheerful, carefree
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tribute
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regular payment of money or goods made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of servitude, for prection from invasion, etc.
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spoil
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arms, money, or goods take from a defeated for plunder
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moor
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tract of open, rolling wasteland, usually covered with heather and often marshy
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brood
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offsrping or a family of offspring, of animals
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purge
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cleanse or rid of impurities, foreign matter, or undesirable elements
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bog
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wet, spongy around
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relish
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enjoy, like
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bolt
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swallow (food) hurriedly, gulp down
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infamous
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having a very bad reputation, notorious, in disgrace or dishonor
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cower
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shrink and tremble, as from fear or cold
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heaving
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cause to well or rise, rise and fal rythmically
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avenge
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take vengeance for or on behalf of someone else
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hoary
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grey or white with age, extemely old, ancient
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pyre
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combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
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lamenting
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mourn aloud, wail, express sorrow, mourning, or regret often in a demonstrative way
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comely
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attractive
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guile
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shyness
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wroth
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angry
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postern
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private rear entrance
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necromancy
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black magic, sorcery
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wax
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grow gradually larger
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usurp
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take power unlawfully
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appurtenace
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thing that belongs to another
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inter
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bury
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indignation
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anger or scorn
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providence
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benevolent guidance
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oobeisance
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authority, rule
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rend
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tear
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attire
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dress, clothing
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corporal
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of the body, bodily
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trifle
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something of little value or importance
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earnest
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something given or done as an indication of assurance of what is to come
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surmise
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guessing, imagined action
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multitudinous
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very numerous
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presumptuous
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arrogant
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ague
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fever and chills
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petty
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having little or no importance or significance
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equivocation
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lie; speech that is intended to mislead someone or hide the truth
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quay
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landing place built along the shore or a waterway
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agency
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force or power
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secular
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of the word, not sacred or religious
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literal
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word-for-word; true to the actual or original meaning
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treachery
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treason
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concord
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agreement, harmony
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intermit
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pause
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wrought
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worked
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promontory
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peak of land that juts into water
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covetousness
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greed
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tribulation
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deep sorrow, distress, suffering
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recourse
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turing to someone for help or protection
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ungenial
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unpleasant
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acceded
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agreed
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platitude
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commonplace saying
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reverie
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dreaming
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progeny
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offspring
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poach
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hunt illegally
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escapade
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reckless adventure
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agog
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eagerly excited
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betrothed
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engaged to be married
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guffaw
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let out a short burst of laughter
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omnibus
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bus
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denouce
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accuse publicly, inform against
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laughingstock
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person or thing made the object of ridicule
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frock
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girl's dress
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galore
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in abundance, used positively
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wage
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money paid to an employee for work done, and usually figured on an hourly, daily or piecework basis
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squander
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spend or use wastefully or extravagantly
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endeavor
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try, attempt
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abhorrence
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loathing
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drudge
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person who does tedious work
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disposition
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tendency, habit
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insolence
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disrespect, contempt
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compulsion
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coercion, driving ofrce
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perpetual
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lasting forever
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entail
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require
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stipulate
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specify conditions of an agreement
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avail
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be of use, help
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redress
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compensation for wrong done
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lament
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regret
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fickleness
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lack of stability, indecisiveness
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