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foist |
to impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing (v) |
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putrefaction |
the process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter |
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scornful |
feeling or expressing contempt |
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inviolable |
never to be broke, infringed, or dishonored |
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enmity |
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something |
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loll |
sit, lie, or stand |
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anarchistic |
relating to or supporting anarchy |
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paradox |
seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true |
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craft |
sly, cunning, artful |
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exile |
to expel someone from their native country |
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teeming |
to be full of or swarming with |
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acrid |
having an irritatingly strong or unpleasant taste or smell |
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colt |
young male horse |
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allies |
friends, accomplices |
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mire |
in deep mud, sinking |
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inevitably |
inescapable, unavoidable |
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maruader |
someone who roams and raids |
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gnarled |
having many hard bumps and lumps |
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transmuted |
change in form, nature, or substance |
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moors |
tract of land; heath |