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cloister

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confine, seclude

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clamor

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noisy outcry

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churlish

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rude, boorish

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coalesce

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to cause to become one

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chasten

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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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chicanery

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trickery, fraud
"The governor ordered an audit to investigate alleged financial chicanery"

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caustic

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sarcastically biting, burning

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to carp

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to find fault, complain

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canard

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false, deliberately misleading story

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callous

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thick-skinned, insensitive

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation; slander

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buttress

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to reinforce; support

"the critics buttressed their case by..."

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quibble

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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details

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query

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to ask

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qualm

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sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions

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qualified

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limited, restricted

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quail

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to cower, lose heart

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quagmire

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marsh; difficult situation

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pungent

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strong or sharp in smell or taste;
penetrating; caustic; to the point

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fetid

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putrid

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proselytize

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to convert (someone)

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stark

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characterized by strong contrast

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limpid

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transparent (stream) , serene and untroubled

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buoy

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to keep afloat

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rapprochement

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the establishment or state of cordial relations

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unconscionable

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not guided or controlled by conscience

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iconoclastic

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against tradition/establishment

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chagrined

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embarrassed, ashamed

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cede

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to give up or yield, transfer title

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proscribe

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forbid, prohibit as harmful

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forswear

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abjure

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prevarication

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lying

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cant

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tilt

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to lull

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to calm down

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plebeian

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crude, coarse, characteristic of a commoner

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judicious

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sensible, showing good judgement

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antagonize

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to annoy or provoke to anger

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pithy

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insightful yet concise

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invective

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abusive language

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abstemious

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moderate in appetite

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ostensible

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supposed, apparent

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castigate

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punish, criticize harshly

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plastic

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moldable, malleable

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opprobrium

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public disgrace

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requite

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return, repay

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inquest

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investigation, inquiry

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licentious

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immoral, unrestrained by society

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exalt

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to elevate by praise, glorify

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prosaic

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ordinary

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denude

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to deprive of sth important;
to expose (deprive of covering)

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motley

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composed of diverse, often incongruous elements

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insensible

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unaware;
unconscious

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to alloy

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to add impurities

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wayward

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following one's own capricious inclinations, unpredictable

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dereliction

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neglect, abandonment

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fatuous

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complacently or inanely foolish

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relent

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to become less severe;
to cease resistance

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compendious

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concise and comprehensive

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guile

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cunning, deceipt

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decorous

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marked by propriety and good taste

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guffaw

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loud Sarnak laughter

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arcanum

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mysterious and specialized knowledge; information only accessible to the initiate

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contrite

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sorrowful, repentant

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querulous

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inclined to argue, complain, fight

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distend

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to swell or inflate

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wanton

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reckless, unrestrained, undisciplined

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umbrage

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resentment; offense

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chauvinist

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prejudiced in favor of their own group

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jocular

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humorous, playful

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kindle

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to ignite (also metaphorically)

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dissemble

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dissimulate

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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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vicissitudes

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ups and downs

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diffident

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lacking self-confidence

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imbue

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to impart a certain property to someone or something

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lumber

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to move awkwardly and slowly

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ominous

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being or exhibiting an omen : portentous; especially : foreboding or foreshadowing evil

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subversion

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: the act of subverting : the state of being subverted; especially : a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within

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fob off

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1 : to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute
2 : to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine

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chaff

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1 : the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
2 : something comparatively worthless

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vortex

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1 : something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish vortex of battle — Time>

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uncanny

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1 a : seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie, mysterious b : being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers <an uncanny sense of direction>

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unconscionable

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not guided or controlled by conscience: unscrupulous

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bathos

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the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style

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kowtow

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to show obsequious deference

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coddle

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to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper

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sly

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wise in practical affairs b : displaying cleverness : ingenious; clever in concealing one's aims or ends

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galvanize

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to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically <galvanize a muscle> b : to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock <an issue that would galvanize public opinion>

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mettle

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vigor and strength of spirit or temperament b : staying quality : stamina

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ilk

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sort, kind

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sobriquet

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nickname

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turgid

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swollen as from a fluid

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grovel

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to humble oneself in a demeaning way

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fatuous

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foolishly self-satisfied

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coffer

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money box

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impugn

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to call into question, attack verbally

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fortuitous

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happening by chance, fortunate

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apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity

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cosset

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to pamper

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bevy

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group

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imprecation

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a curse (in sense of swearing)

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sportive

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frolicsome or playful

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impervious

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impenetrable, immune, unable to be affected by

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indolent

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habitually lazy or idle

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knell

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ominous tolling of a bell

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divest

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to deprive or dispossess

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malinger

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to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness

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sidereal

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relating to stars

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rend

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to split or tear in pieces

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table

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postpone for future consideration

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength

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deride

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to ridicule

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disabuse

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to free from error or misconception

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abase

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to humiliate, to disgrace

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sedition

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behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state