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Contiguous
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being in actual contact;
Touching along a boundary or at a point |
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Partisan
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a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harrassing an enermy
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Sovereign
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one that exercise supreme authority within a limited sphere
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flippant
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talkative; lacking proper respect or seriousness
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Fragility
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easily broken or destroyed
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Perniciousness
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high injurious or destructive
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tenet
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a principle, a belief or doctine generally held to be true
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Bombast
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pretentious inflated speech or writing
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Chicanery
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a piece of sharp practice; trick
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Somber
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so shaded to be dark and gloomy; of a dismal or depressing character
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