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110 Cards in this Set
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abridge
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to shorten or diminish
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abrogate
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to abolish
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afoot
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developing or in the process of happening
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anomaly
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irregularity; straying from the norm
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antiquated
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obsolete; out of fashion; no longer usable
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baseness
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the quality of lacking higher values
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bestial
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brutal without reason; having the attributes of a savage
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bourgeois
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pertaining to the middle class
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brazen
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shameless; insolent; disrespetful
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carnal
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marked by sexuality that is often frank and unrelieved by higher emotions
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chary
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careful; cautious
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chide
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to voice disapproval; to scold
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circumscribed
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restricted or limited
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clemency
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leniency
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cognate
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related
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communal
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pertaining to a group or community
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compliance
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a yielding; acquiescence
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confound
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to cause one to become confused
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conjecture
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an inference or conclusion drawn or deduced by surmise or guesswork
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consonance
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agreement or harmony
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convocation
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an assembly where there is a coming together
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cursory
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superficial
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desultory
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disconnected; rambling
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dexterous
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skillful and active with the hands; manually adroit and skillful
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discord
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a lack of agreement; strife; tension
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edifying
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instructing and improving spiritually or morally
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ensconce
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to place securely; to conceal
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entreaty
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a plea; an earnest request
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equivocal
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ambiguous; usually intended to deceive
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extant
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still in existence
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factitious
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artificial
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felicitous
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happy or delightful
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felling
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cutting down or knocking down a tree; killing
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forbearance
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patience; lenience
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forestalled
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prevented or delayed beforehand
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fret
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to worry or be annoyed
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galling
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very irritating
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germane
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important to the issue at hand; pertaining to
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gilded
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covered with gold or having a golden color; having a background of wealth
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grate
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to cause irritation
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gratis
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free
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gravity
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seriousness; importance
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heed
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to give attention
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hie
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to go quickly; to hasten
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homage
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a reverential regard; respect shown by external action
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impalpable
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vague; not easily understood
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importunity
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an insistent and pressing demand
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incorporeal
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having no material or tangible form
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ingenuity
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cleverness; inventiveness; resourcefulness
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inter
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to deposit a dead body into a grave
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invidious
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causing ill will; offensive
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jaded
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weary from overuse; surfeited
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jocund
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sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character or quality
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malinger
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to feign sickness
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martial
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of, related to, or suggesting of war
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maudlin
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tearfully sentimental
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meretricious
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showily attractive, tawdry
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misanthrope
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hater of mankind
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mote
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a very small particle; a speck
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mutinous
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rebellious; unruly
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neophyte
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beginner, convert
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oblivion
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a state of being forgotten
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obsequious
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overly attentive; servile
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obstinate
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unyielding regardless of reason or logic
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obstreperous
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noisy; boisterous
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opulence
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wealth
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ostentatious
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showy; pretentious
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ostracize
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to banish
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palpable
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tangible; perceptible; easily noticeable
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paradoxical
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something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
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parch
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to become dry from heat; to shrivel from heat
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partisan
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one who exhibits extreme or possible blind allegiance to a group
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pedant
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one who possesses mere book learning
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peevish
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fretful; obstinate
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perdition
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utter damnation; ruin
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peremptory
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dictatorial; unconditional
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perfunctory
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mechanical; indifferent
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pernicious
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very destructive or harmful; deadly
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peruse
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to read or examine
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pithy
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concise or meaningful
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plausible
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seemingly acceptable; believable or possible
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ponderous
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very heavy; unweildy from weight
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potent
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powerful; having a strong effect
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prate
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to talk idly and foolishly at great length
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precursor
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something that comes before; a forerunner
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profane
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showing contempt towards sacred things
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promontory
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land or rock projecting into a body of water
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quaint
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unusual in character or experience
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qualm
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misgiving
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ratify
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to give formal approval
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relish
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to take great pleasure or delight in
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remuneration
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compensation
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requite
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to make repayment or to return
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retrograde
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reverting to an earlier or inferior condition
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rhapsodize
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to express in an overly enthusiastic manner
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rouse
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to awaken; to become active
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sanctify
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to set apart for sacred use; to make holy; to purify
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scant
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barely sufficient
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scintillate
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sparkle
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sedulous
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industrious
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sovereign
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possessed of controlling power
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spurn
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to reject or to refuse with hostility
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suspire
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to breathe; to sigh
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tantamount
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equivalent
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tempestuous
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turbulent; stormy
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tenable
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capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensable
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tryst
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a meeting, usually secret in nature
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volition
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act of determination
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wanton
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immoral; lewd
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zealot
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fanatic
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