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billeted
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given room and board
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blandishments
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flattering statements
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compulsory
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required; mandatory
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crucible
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vessel that heats substances to very high temperatures
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emaciated
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extremely thin; scrawny; gaunt; starved
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emigration
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to leave ones country
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encumber
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to burden; to weight down; to obstruct.
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haggard
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appearing worn and exhausted
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harangued
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to deliver a speech with strong feeling, (sometimes "harass")
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hermetically
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so as to be airtight; not allowing air to flow in or out
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lorries
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trucks
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lucidity
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clear and comprehensible (often times in thinking)
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pious
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deeply religious
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reverie
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a daydream or the state of day dreaming
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truncheons
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billy club; baton; a short stick carried by authoriy figures
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unremitting
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without stopping, unforgiving
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treatise
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a formal article or book on a particular subject
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expound
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to state in detail; to explain
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edict
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an official public proclamation or order issued by an authority
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pillage
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to loot; to rob of property
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incite
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to urge to act; to provoke
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wizened
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shirveled; dried up
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numerology
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an occult system, built around numbers, of foretelling the future or exploring the unknown
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reprieve
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a postponement of punishment; a tempporary relief
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raucous
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louad and rough-sounding; hoarse
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benediction
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a formal blessing; an act of calling upon God during a religious serivce
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implore
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to beg; to bessech; to plead sincerely
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lementation
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an expression of grief or sadness
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interminable
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endless or seeming to be endless
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meager
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of small quantity; not adequate
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derision
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scorn; ridicule
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dysentery
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intestinal inflammation causing abnormal pain and diarrhea (can be fatal)
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mountebank
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a fake; a charlatan; a trickster
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indeterminate
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indefinte; vague; subtle
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encumbrance
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a burden; an obstacle
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apathy
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a lack of interest or emotion; indifference
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inert
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motionless; lacking the ability to move or act
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