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affectations
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an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; affectation of great wealth.
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caterwauling
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a shrill, discontent sounds
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary.
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convivial
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fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
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epigram
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short story with a poem expressing feeling
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erroneous
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containing error
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extemporizing
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to do or preform without prior practice
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hauteur
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arrogance
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innuendo
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an indirect or suddle implication of a statement
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labyrinth
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a maze
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obstetrical
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the car of women after giving birth
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oculist
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someone who relates to supernatural powers
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omnibus
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a volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme.
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peremptory
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
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raja
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a king of india
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rivulets
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small brooks of water
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rotogravure
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a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
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somnambulatory
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sleep walking
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supercilious
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to have a haughty facial expression, to be a haughty person
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abstract
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thought of apart from concrete realities
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apathetic
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lacking interest or concern
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ascertain
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to find out definitely
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bantering
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to be good humored; playful
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bizarre
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outrageously or whimsically strange
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complacency
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a feeling of self-satisfaction or contentment
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credulity
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a disposition to believe easily
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cynical
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bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic
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desolate
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devoid of inhabitants
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disconcerting
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to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle; throw off
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exempt
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to set apart
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fractiousness
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inclined to make trouble
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feigned
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to give false impression
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intimation
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to make unknown
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juxtaposed
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to place side by side of comparison
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languid
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lacking energy or validity
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prodigality
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extravagant, wastefull
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punctilious
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strictly attentive to minuet details
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sinister
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threatened in a harmful or evil manner
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adventitious
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associated with something by chance
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amorphous
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lacking definite shape
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base
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bottom support of something
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coherent
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sticking together; coherent
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condescension
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voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior.
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deferred
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postponed or delayed
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dogmatically
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pertaining to a system of principles or tenets, as of a church
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facet
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flat polished side of a gem
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factious
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not meant to be taken seriously
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holocaust
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great devastation
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incoherent
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not sticking together
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jaunty
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easy and sprightly in a manner
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lascivious
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inclined to lustfulness
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lauded
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to praise
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maraud
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to roam around in quest of plunder
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sumptuous
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being more then required
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transitory
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not lasting
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vacuous
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empty
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affix
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to fasten. join
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bashful
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shy, embarrassed
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blubber
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to say incoherently, while wheeping
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chaw
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a way of eating
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clatter
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to make loud sounds
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deed
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a task
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evasion
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act of escaping
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fidgety
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act of escaping
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fuss
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an excessive display of anxiety
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gallus
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elastic straps holding your trousers up
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gnaw
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to bite or chew
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hack
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to cut or notch
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impostor
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a fake person
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lynch
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to put someone to death
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meddle
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to invade privacy
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numskull
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a dit-witted person
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ornery
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ugly and unpleasant in temper
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pious
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having or showing devotion to religion
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raspy
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harsh
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reticule
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small purse or bag
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