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peripatetic
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walking or traveling about
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enervated
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without vigor, force, or strength; languid, to be drained of energy
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vitriolic
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of, pertaining to, or resembling vitriol; sharp and bitter
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discomfiting
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to confuse and deject, disconcert; to frustrate
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed in words; OR a name or expression that is unutterable due to its sacredness
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pejorative
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having a belittling or offensive effect; words with a negative connotation
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship
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insuperable
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incapable of passing over or overcoming
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surreptitious
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obtained or done by stealth; in a stealthy way
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proselytize
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v. to recruit, convert, or induce somebody into one's own political party or religion
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animus
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n. 1. intense hatred, or dislike
2. an original motive, intention or purpose |
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poignant
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affecting or moving to the emotion
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abet
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assist, usually in a negative connotation
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begrime
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v. to make grimy; to smear with soil or dirt
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stalwart
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adj. strongly and stoutly built, sturdy and robust
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ameliorate
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verb. to make or become better or more hearable
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incongruous
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adj. inconsistent or odd, out of place
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oblique
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diverging from a given straight line or course
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despondency
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feeling downcast, disheartened, or hopeless
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promontory
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a high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland, a projecting part; a bodily prominence
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