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recreant
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disloyal, unfaithful to a belief, duty, or cause; lacking in courage, craven, pusillanimous
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quarry
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an animal or bird hunted or persued; game hunted with hounds or hawks; any object of persuit, search, or attack
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mirth
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suggests spontaneous amusement or gaiety, manifested briefly in laughter, glee, merriment, jollity, and joviality
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perilous
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involving grave or serious risk; hazardous, dangerous
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covenant
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an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified, a formal agreement
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renown
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widespread and high repute, fame, widely honored
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obliged
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to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force, of necessity, to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract; to place under a debt of gratitude as by a favor or accommodation; to put one in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor to accommodation. to be kindly accommodating; obligatory
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parry
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to ward off with a thrust, a stroke, a weapon. to dodge or evade something
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din
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a loud confused noise. a continued loud or tumultuous sound, a noisy clamor
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garb
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to dress in clothing; outward appearance or form
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bestow
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to present as a gift; to confer; to put to use, to apply
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feint
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a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point to attack
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mortification
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a feeling of humiliation or shame though injury to one's pride
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detest
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to feel abhorrence or hate of/for something/ someone
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chivalry
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the qualities expected of a knight: courage, courtesy, loyalty, honor, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms
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