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detriment
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daMAGE, HARM,INJURY,ANYTHING THAT CAUSES DAMAGE OR INJURY
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obnoxious
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very disagreeable, highly offensive, hateful
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chastised
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to punish, to critizize, to scold
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irrevocable
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not capable of being retracted, recalled, pr withdrawn, unalterable
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deplore
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to feel sory about, to regret deeply, to lament, to dissaprove of
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intercede
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to plead, or petition, on another's behalf, to act as a mediator in a dispute
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extricate
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to release from an entanglement or a difficulty, to set free
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menial
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of or suited to a servent, servile, a domestic servant, a servile person
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rampant
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growing without check or restraint, flourishing, widespread
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cajoled
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to persuade by pleasent words
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pestilence
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a contagious and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly
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anarchy
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the absebse of the government or law
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nadir
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the point in the celestial sphere directly below the observer and opposite the zenith
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ethnology
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the branch of anthropology that deals with recent societies or language groups
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impair
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to make worse, to damage or weaken
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commodious
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roomy, spacious
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