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vocab
semester final
149
English
10th Grade
02/07/2012
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notorious
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known widely and usualy unfavorable
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eloquent
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expressive; persuasive
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consolations
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words of comfort
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omen
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prophetic sighn
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profound
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deep; complete
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discern
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distinguish; perceive
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requisite
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requirement
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begot
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produced; fathered
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derisive
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ridiculing
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vile
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loathesome; digusting
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emanate
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issuing forth
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ostracize
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exclude from public favor
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flourish
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grow well
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resilient
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elastic; able to spring back
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provoking
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angering; causing retaliation
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prestige
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youthful; immature
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accomadations
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help; adaption
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imminent
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impending; near at hand
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discordant
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inharminious; conflicting
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puissant
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powerful; mighty
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malice
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ill-will or spite
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strife
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stuggle; fight
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oration
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formal speech
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base
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devoid of high values or ethics
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coffers
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public treasures
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conspirator
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one who plans w/ others to commit illegal act
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legacies
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inherited money/ goods
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chastisement
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punishment
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covetous
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wantubg the possesions of others
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ensighn
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colors; flag carried by a company
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engendered
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conceived
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envenomed
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poisoned
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entrails
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enternal organs, like intestines
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obvious
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manifest; evident; exposed
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brandished
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flourished; waved or shook a weapon
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indignantly
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righteously angry; displeasure at something deemed unworthy
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cordial
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warmly friendly; stimulating a liqueur
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acquitted
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pronounced not guilty
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oasis
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a place/ expierience that is refreshingly different
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liaison
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an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman
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sordid
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dirty, squalid, normally mean or base
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tirade
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a long outburst of denunciation; a vehement speech
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premeditated
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planned beforehand
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plausible
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appearance of truth or reason
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heinous
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hateful; wicked or criminal; atrocious
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odious
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detestable; highly offensive
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interminable
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unending; endless
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implacable
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cannot be appeased or pacified
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sinewy
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full of tendons; tough; stringy
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respite
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temporary relief
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consummated
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culminated; completed; fulfilled
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condolences
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expressions of sympathy
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destitute
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lacking the means of substance; left friendless
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convulsion
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violent& involuntary spasmodic contraction of the muscles; commotion
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vigil
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a period of watchful attention; a watch kept by night
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pall
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a cloth covering a coffin
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pallor
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unnatural paleness, as from fear, ill healthy, or death
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incessant
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ceaseless; continual
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matinees
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entertainment held in the afternoon
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imperceptibly
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very slight, gradual, or subtle
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meek
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unduly patient or submissive; gentle; mile; kind
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incoherently
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w/o logical connection
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peculiar
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strange; odd
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vague
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indefinit; indistinct
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propostion
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putting forth a plan
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zeal
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passionate ardor behalf a person, cause or object
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furtive
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in a manner wishing to escape observation; secret
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repulsive
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causing repugnance or aversion; tending to drive back
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promontory
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a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea
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improvident
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not providing for the future
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emissary
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an agent sent in advance
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perpetual
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lasting for eternity
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incipient
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beggining to exist or appear
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kindred
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related to clan or tribe
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benevolent
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characterized by doing good
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frenzy
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violent mental agitation
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intoxicating
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stimulating or exciting
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feign
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pretend; represent falsley
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rebuked
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criticized
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copiously
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abundantly
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valor
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courage in battle; bravery
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resignation
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lack of resistance; patient submission
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elude
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avoid; evade
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malevolence
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evil or harmful influence
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listless
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lacking spirit or energy
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communal
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of a group of people
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pandemonium
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wild uproar or noise
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esoteric
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known only to chosen few
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construe
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interpret
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cogitations
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thoughts
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accoutered
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fully armed
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entreat
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make an earnest request of
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fain
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gladly
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mettle
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temperament
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prodigies
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omens signs of disaster
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portentous
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foreboding
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augmented
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made greater in size, extent or quantity
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affability
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friendless; graciousness
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ingrafted
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planted firmly
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augurers
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professional interpreters of omens
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appertain
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belong to as a proper function or part
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emulation
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envy
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contortionist
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acrobat
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distort
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dealing with the truth
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evict
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have to leave under law
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extort
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blackmale
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retort
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a comeback/ reply to a remark
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to defeat/ conquer
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tortuous
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complex, twist & turns
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victor
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a person that wins
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convivial
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friendly/ lively and enjoyable atmosphere
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revive
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restore to life
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vivacious
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full of life
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vivacity
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high spirits and lively
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vivify
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to make lively
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astringent
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sharp or bitter
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omniscient
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knowing everything
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constrict
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become narrower; pressure
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omnipresent
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present everywhere; gods
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stringent
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strict, precise
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inflection
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a change of direction
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omnibus
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compromisng/ covering many items and things
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omnipotent
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having unlimited power
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deflect
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shield protecting
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pertinent
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relevent or applicable to a particular matter
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tenacity
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to grip something firmly
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pertinacious
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holding firmly to a opinion or a course of action
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tenet
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a principle or belief about religion or something
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impertinent
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not showing respect; rude
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tenure
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holding of an office
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retentive
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retaining facts and impressions
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admonish
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urge; caution
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retinue
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assistants/ advisors of someone important
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admonition
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firm warning
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admonitory
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tending/serving to caution; warning
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remand
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place 9a defendant0 on bail or in custody like when a trial is suspended
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premonition
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strong feeling something (unpleasant) is going to happen
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countermand
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take back, withdraw, or cancel
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credence
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believe something is true
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mandate
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to order or command
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credible
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able to be believed
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome
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rupture
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breaking up or apart
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genocide
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distruction of a political/ racial group (holocaust)
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infraction
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breaking laws
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deflect or alter
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