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syndics
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government officer
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recompensing
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to make compensation for something; repay someone
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ignoble
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of low grade or quality; inferior
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incantations
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the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power
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progeny
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descendant or offspring
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reprobated
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morally depraved; unprincipled; bad
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indefatigable
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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring
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pedantry
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slavish attention to rules, details, etc
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recapitulation
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a brief review or summary as of a speech
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
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immutable
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unchangeable
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diffident
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restrained or reserved in manner
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
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perambulations
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to traverse in order to examine or inspect
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depravity
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the state or an instance of moral corruption
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guile
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception
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obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion, pity or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transistory
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transverse
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crossing from side to side
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satiated
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satisfied, as one's appetite or desire, to the point of boredom
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