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abject
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adj. degraded, base, centemptible, cringing, serville, complete and unrelieved
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agnostic
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n.one who believes that nothing can be known about God, a skeptic. adj. without faith, skeptical
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complicity
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n. involvment in a wrong doing. the state of being an accomplice
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derelict
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n, someone or something that is abandoned or neglected.
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diatribe
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n, a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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n. a crude image of a despised person
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equity
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n. the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial. fair and equal treatment. something that is fair.
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inane
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adj. silly, empty of meaning or value
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indictment
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n, the act of accusing, a formal accusation
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moot
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adj, open to discussion and debate, unresolved. v to bring up for discussion. N. a hypothetical law case argued by students
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motif
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n. a principle idea, feature, theme, or element, a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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neophyte
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n. a convert, a beginnger, novice
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perspicacity
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n. keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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adj. complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disiplined observation
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indutitable
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adj. certain, not to be doubted or denied
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intermittent
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adj. stopping and starting Again, sporadic
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sylvan
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adj. pertaining to characteristics of a forest, living or loocated in a forest, wooded, woody
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testy
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adj, easily irritated. characterized by impatience and exasperation
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travesty
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n. a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation, a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex v. to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion.
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