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A plethora of
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overabundance; excess
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Apt
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Inclined; disposed; prone
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Aspersion
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An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander
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Clamorous
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Making or marked by loud outcry
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Disconcerted
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upset; thrown into confusion
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Disconsolate
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hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
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Languish
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To be or become weak or feeble
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Melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
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Melodramatic
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exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic
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Portend
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to indicate in advance; to foreshadow
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Quaffing
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To drink a beverage heartily
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Rapier wit
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Rapier:
a longer, heavier sword, esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a double-edged blade and used for slashing and thrusting (used as an adjective here to describe her wit) Wit: intelligence |
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Revels
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an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity
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Sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense
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Slovenly
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untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Sot
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Drunkard
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Stead
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The place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute
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Stripling
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A youth
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Swain
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a male admirer or lover
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Vociferously
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Noisily
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