English Final 9H

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Abstruse

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difficult to understand

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Abyss

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deep, immeasurable space

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Acumen

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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight

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Adder

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type of snake

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Adriot

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skillful in the use of the hands or the body

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Affability

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friendliness

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Allusion

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a refrence

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Aloof

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emotionally withdrawn or cold

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Anachronism

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something out of time order

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Arcane

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known or understood by only a few people

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Ascertain

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to find out, as through investigation or experimentation; to make certain of something

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Aspersions

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a damaging statement

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Assimilate

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to absorb or become absorbed, especially as in a person into a group or culture; to make or become similar to

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Astute

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Shrewd, clever

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Augment

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increase

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Autonomy

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Independence; self-discrimination

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Avert

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to turn or look away

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Banished

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exiled; thrown out

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Bastion

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a stronghold or part of a fortification

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Belligerent

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Inclined to fight

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Bemuse

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To confuse or bewilder

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Bequeath

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To leave in a will

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Bewildered

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Confused

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Blatant

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Obvious

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Bondman

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Slave (Bondage)

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Brandished

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Waved a weapon

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Buffet

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Slap at

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Cabal

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Group of Conspirators

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Callous

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Emotionally hardened; unfeeling

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Candid

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Completely honest, straightforward

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Carcass

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Dead body

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Carrion

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Dead, rotting flesh

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Castigate

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To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

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Cansure

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To issue official blame

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Chivalric

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Following a code of honor; knightly

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Circumscribe

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To draw a circle around' to restrict

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Circumspect

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Careful, cautious, prudent

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Complacency

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Satisfaction

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Conjecture

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Inference, a guess

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Conjure

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Make by magic

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Consent

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Agree

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Contiguous

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Sharing an edge or boundary

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Contrive

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Plot or plan

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Convoluted

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Intricate; complex

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly; widely sophisticated

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Covert

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Under cover; secret

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Cur

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An insult that means "mixed breed of dog"

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Denounce

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To condemn openly

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Derision

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Ridicule, mockery

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Derivative

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Something that comes from another source

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Derogatory

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Disparaging or insulting

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Didactic

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intending to instruct

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Disseminate

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To scatter widely, as in to spread information

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Droned

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Utter in a monotonous way

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Enfranchisement

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Inclusion in society, especially the right to vote

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Enigma

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A puzzle, mystery, or riddle

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Enmity

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Deep-seated hatred

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Entourage

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A group of attendants or associates

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Entreat

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Beg

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Ere

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Before

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Errant

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Off target (off)

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Erudition

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deep, extensive learning

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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by only a small group

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Ethos

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A writer or speaker's credibility (is build through facts, statistics, quoting established resources and establishing an expertise on the subject manner)

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Euphemism

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A milder or more indirect term substituting for harsh, blunt, or offensive term

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Exalted

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Raised up in a spiritual context

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Faction

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Group within a group

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Fawning

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Doting, over-paying attention to

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Firmament

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Starts of the night sky (poetry)

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Gaffe

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A clumsy social error or faux pas

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Gait

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Style of walking

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Generic

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Referring to a whole group; General

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Gravity

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Serious

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Gingerly

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With caution

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Harlot

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Prostitute

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Idiosyncrasy

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Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

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Imperiously

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Domineering, dictatorial

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Incoherent

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Lacking connection; not making sense

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Indifferent

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Without caring

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Indignation

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Anger as the result of something unjust

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to fathom or understand (handwriting)

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Insinuate

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To communicate something in an indirect way

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Insular

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Isolated

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Interim

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The time in between two events

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Legacy

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Something handed down from the past

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Levity

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Light-hearted

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Logos

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The art of using logic to make your argument

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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Mollified

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Satisfied; soothed

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Monotony

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Sameness

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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen

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Mottled

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Speckled, spotted

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Noncommittal

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Without commitment

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Orator

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Speaker

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Orthodox

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

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Pathos

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The emotions of the reader or listener - a persuasive speaker/writer tries to evoke the pathos of the audience

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

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Plaintive

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Mournful, sorrowful

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Portentous

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Ominous; foreshadows something bad

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Potentate

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Precocious

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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

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Prodigious

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Large

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Prosciption

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Death list

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Prostrate

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Laying face down

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Pugnacious

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Inclined to fight

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Pulpit

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A raised platform

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Ravenously

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Extremely hunger

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Rebuked

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Sharply disapproved

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Reclusive

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Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

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Redress

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Correct a wrong

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Relinquish

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To retire from; give up or abandon

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Renounce

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To give up (a title), especially by formal announcement

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Reprehensible

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Blameworthy

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Reprimand

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Rebuke, scold

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Repute

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Reputation

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Resolutely

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Characterized by firmness and determination

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Reticent

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Inclined to keep silent; reserved

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Rhetorical question

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Question not meant to be answered

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effective and persuasively

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Rudimentary

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Basic;elementary;In the earliest stages of development

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Saucy

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Rude, insolent

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Self-effacing

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Modest, keeping one's self in the background

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Semblance

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Outward appearance (resemble)

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Servile

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Treated as a servant

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Sinews

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Long, thin muscles

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Skewer

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Long metal spike for cooking; used as a metaphor for poking fun at

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Slanderous

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Damaging to one's reputation

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Specious

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Superficially pleasing

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Spurn

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Reject

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Sterile

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Barren; cannot produce children

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Stoic

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Showing no emotions

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Susurration

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A whispering murmur

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Swoon

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Fall down

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Yoke

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A frame fitting around the neck of an ox to pull a plow

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Sycophant

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Flatterer

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Taboo

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Prohibited by society

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Tacitly

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Implied, not spoken

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Talisman

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a charm

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Tempest

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a storm

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Thrice

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three times

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Throng

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group

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Untimatum

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Final uncompromising demand

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Valor

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Bravery

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Vanquished

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Defeat soundly

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Vesture

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Clothing, covering

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Vexed

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Irritated, annoyed

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Wherefore

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Shakespearian for "why"

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Wry

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bitterly Ironic