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predilection
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a partiality or disposition in favor of something
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citadel
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a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege
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defiled
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to make foul,dirty,or unclean pollute taint debase
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ideology
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the body of doctrine myth belief etc. that guides an individual social movement
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junta
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a small group rulling a country
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paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in really expresses a possible truth
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theoctacy
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a form of govemment in which god or a deity is recohrized as the supreme civil ruler the god's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities
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repression
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the act of repressing state of being repressed
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dissembling
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to give a false or misleading appearance to conceal the truth or real nature of
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abominations
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abhorrence disgust
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providence
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the foresseing care and guidance of god or nature over the creatures of the earth
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covenanted
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a blinding agreement
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iniquity
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gross injustive or wickedness
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defamation
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the act of defaming false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another as by slander or libel calumny
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diametrically
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of pertaining to or along a diameter
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