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interloper
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person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others , intrude
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that's a security guard moving in at right to intercept the interloper
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intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its very nature, built in , inner
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the intrinsic value of a gold ring
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inveigh
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to protest strongly or attack with words , complain
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the political men inveighed with each other about politics
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lassitude
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weariness of body or mind from strain , lack of energy
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the peasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon
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millennium
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a period of 1000 years , future
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this is supposed to happen at the start of the millennium
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occult
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beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or understanding, mystic , mysterious
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the occult remained a controlling , energizing , obsession throughout his life
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permeate
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to pass into or through every part of, transfuse
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bright sunshine permeated the room
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precipitate
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to cast down headlong , fling or hurl down
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there was no injury to precipitate calling an ambulance
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stringent
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rigorously binding or exacting, strict, severe
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the math teacher was much more stringent than the science teacher
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surmise
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence, guess, assumption
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you may have to surmise when writing this essay
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