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Accord
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agreement: harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
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Acute
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having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
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Allegory
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is a story or fable that has a clear secondary meaning, beneath its literal sense
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Allusion
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passing reference or indirect mention
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Ameliorate
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to make a situation better or more tolerable
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Amenable
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disposed or willing to comply
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Anathema
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a detested person, a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
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Approbation
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official approval
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Barbarity
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the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
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Beneficent
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doing or producing good
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Cajole
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influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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caveat
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a warning against certain acts
*But i must offer a caveat on the side -an exception |
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conjecture
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speculation: a hypothesis that has been formed
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deference
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courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"
complaisance: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
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deplorable
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bad; unfortunate
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desolate
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Devoid of inhabitants; deserted, isolated, uninhabited, wild,
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drivel
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Idiotic utterance; silly nonsense; twaddle
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Earnest
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Heartfelt, serious and diligent, emotionally intense and solemn.
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Edifice
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building or structure
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Emancipate
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to free or liberate
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Emulate
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strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
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Enumerate
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specify individually
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Evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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Exult
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feel extreme happiness or elation
*exult in... your good fortune etc. |
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Hackneyed
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banal: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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Heterodox
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dissident: characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
ex. Heterodox in their beliefs..each person is controlled by the the oversoul |
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Impertinent
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inappropriate, uncalled for
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Incessant
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occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted
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Incisive
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acute: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions, clear
his speech was very incisive and to the point |
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Inclement
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(of weather or climate) severe
used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy |
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aphorism
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A brief & pithy statement, often satiric and aphoristic
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amalgamation
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The merging of two things together to form one
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reticent
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temperamentally disinclined to talk
reserved: cool and formal in manner reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
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countenance
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the appearance conveyed by a person's face
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interloper
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intruder: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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indubitable
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beyond doubt(p): too obvious to be doubted
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infamy
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evil fame or public reputation
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inscrutable
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cryptic: of an obscure nature;
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invariably
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not liable to or capable of change
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lassitude
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feeling of lack of interest or energy
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lurid
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horrible in fierceness or savagery
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marrow
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Intermost essential part
Individualism is the marrow of Emerson's philosophy |
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melancholoy
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a feeling of thoughtful sadness
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Misdemeanor
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Crime that is punishable by less than one year in jail, such as minor theft and simple assault that does not result in substantial bodily injury.
For her misdemeanor in terms of dress code she was sent him. |
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Nebulous
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Cloudy; indistinct.
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sagacious
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wise
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gossamer
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gauze, light, delicate, flimsy
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ductile
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can be drawn or stretched into wire and other shapes
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promontory
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natural elevation
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trite
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banal: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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gregarious
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social
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eschew
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avoid
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discerning
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looming over with good judgment
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Demur
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Avoiding, dissenting
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Nutriments
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fufills the body/soul/anything
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orthodox
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strict, traditional
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perverse
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marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
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pathos
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filling with sympathy and pity
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Physiognomy
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study of countenance,
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Plebeian
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common people
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Precocious
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developed, mature
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Proclivity
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tendency to
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Prodigious
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great and large in size
ex. prodigious in size |
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Propagate
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increase, multiply, to spread
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propinquity
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nearness in place or time, proximity
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providence
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The forseeing care and guidance of god or nature over the creatures of the Earth
goodness "thanks to providence I found a rich person to marry" |
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quicken
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to make more rapid, accelerate, hasten
to come alive/ to bring to life (the quick and the dead) |
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Rainment
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clothin, apparel, attire
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rend
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to tear apart, split or divide
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repudiate
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to reject as having no authority or binding force
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salient
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OBVIOUS
prominent or conspicious |
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scathing
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to attack with sever criticism, to hurt, harm, or injure as by schorching
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scintillating
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to emit sparks, to sparkle, flash
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scruples
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person' thought and actions
FOllowing your scruples (ethics) |
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Simulate
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imitate: reproduce someone's behavior or looks
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Stringent
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rigorous: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "
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Sustenance
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nutriment: a source of materials to nourish the body
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Tempest
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storm: a violent commotion or disturbance;
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Throng
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press tightly together or cram;
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Toil
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labor: productive work
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Transcend
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exceed: go beyond; "
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Usury
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the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
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Vagrant
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a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
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Venerable
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impressive by reason of age;
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simulation
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ketchup simulates blood, firefighters simulated an exercise
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stringent
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rigorous, strict attention to rules
stringent person- stern |
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sustenance
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nutriment
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tempest
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storm, violent commotion or disturbance
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throng
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tightly packed crowd or mulititude
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toil
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labor, productive work
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transcend
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exceed, go beyond
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usury
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loan sharking
in the middle ages it was against the rules of the church |
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vagrant
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nomad, wanderer with no home
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Venerable
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worthy of being respected, impresive
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vestment
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robe worn by the clergy, clothing you put on for particular religious purposes
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vigor
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liveliness, life, energy, or physical strength
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vitriolic
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harsh, scathing,
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vivacity
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bouncy, energetic, bubbly
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wanton
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goes beyond transgressing the law, really rebellious
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