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Abomination
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an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
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Abrogation
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an official or legal cancellation
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Adamant
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impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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Ameliorate
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get better
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Anarchy
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state of lawlessness and disorder
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Antagonistic
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Arousing hostility or animosity
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Autocratic
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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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Begrudge
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wish ill or allow unwillingly
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Citadel
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a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during battle
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Congeries
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a sum total of many mixed things taken together
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Calumny
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an abusive attack on a persons character or good name
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Contentious
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involving or likely to cause controversy
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Crucible
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a vessel made of material that does not melt easily
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Defamation
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a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someones words or actions
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Deposition
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the act of desposing someone
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Diabolism
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the worship of devils
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Effrontery
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arrogant behavior that you have no right to
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Enraptured
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Feeling great rapture or delight
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Faction
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a rebel clique
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Ideology
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imaginary or visionary theoriation
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Inculcation
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teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
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Inert
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slow and apathetic
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Inferential
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based on interpretation
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Iniquity
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absence of moral or spiritual values
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Innate
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present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
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Klatch
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A social gathering
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Lascivious
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driven by lust
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Lechery
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unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
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Licentious
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lacking moral discipline, especially sexually unrestrined
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Malevolence
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the quality of threatening evil, wishing evil to others
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Parochial
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relating to or supported by or located in a parish
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Perverse
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marked by immorality, deviating from what is considered right or proper or good
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Predilection
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a strong liking
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Prodigious
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so great in size or force or extent as to provoke awe
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Propitiation
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the act of compensating for sin or wrongdoing
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Providence
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the guardianship and control exercised by a religion
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Quail
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small game bird, to draw back with fear or pain
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Reprimand
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an act or expression of criticism
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Sidle
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move sideways
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Smirch
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an act that brings discredit to a person who does it
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Subservient
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compliant and obedient to authority
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Succubi
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a female demon believed to have sex with sleeping men
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Theocracy
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the belief in government by religious guidance
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Titillated
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feeling mild pleasurable excitement
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Trepidation
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a feeling of alarm or dread
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Vengeful
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disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
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Vindictive
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showing malicious ill will and desire to hurt
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Wilted
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not firm
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Yeomanry
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a British volunteer calvary force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
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Trafficked
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DEAL OR TRADE IN SOMETHING ILLEGAL
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