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179 Cards in this Set
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Ubiquitous
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Found everywhere
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Paradox
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a truth or reality based on two seemingly contradictory elements
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Paradigm
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the unconsciously accepted view of the truth
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to tread
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to step along in a heavy, slow way
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resonate
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to reecho, to resound
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gorge
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eat greedily
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whim, caprice
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an unpredictable, spontaneous act
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whimsical
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charmingly unpredictable, fanciful
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conjure
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to beg earnestly or to summon by magical incantation
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taint, sully, besmirch
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to make dirty
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purge
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to flush or clean out completely
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adorn
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to put on in an ornamental, decorative way
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scant
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few in number
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secular
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nonreligious, not related to the religious realm
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profane, impious, blasphemous, sacrilegious
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directly and insultingly against religious views
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sacrilege, blasphemy
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an act of profanity or impiety, an action insulting religious views
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piety
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deep religious devotion
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pious
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deeply devout
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doctrinaire
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adhering or sticking closely to a doctrine, to a prescribed view
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indoctrinate
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to impose one's doctrine on another and make him believe as you do
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poignant
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bittersweet, stabbing at the heart
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vicissitudes
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ups and downs of life, changes
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potent
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strong, powerful
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impotent
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lacking power
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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discern
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to see or perceive with the eyes or mind
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aloof
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coolly distant in attitude
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euphoria, rapture, ecstasy
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strong elation or intense bliss
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ambiguous
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uncertain, unclear, can't be determined one way or another
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noxious
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poisonous, toxic, dangerous to health
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coherence
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state of making sense
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coherent
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logically consistent
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incoherent
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jumbled and making no sense
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serene, tranquil, placid
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calm, unruffled, undisturbed, peaceful
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tumult, turmoil, turbulence
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state of wild commotion
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terse, succinct
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short and to the point
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palatable
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acceptable to the palate or sense of taste
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fallible
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capable of making a mistake
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infallible
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incapable of making a mistake
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fallacy
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a wrong or mistaken idea
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austere, spartan, stark
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stern in an aloof manner
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culminate
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to reach the end or the highest point
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deride
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to make fun of in a nasty way
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antecedent
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someone or something that comes before
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calamity, cataclysm, debacle
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a total disaster or catastrophe
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beguile
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to cheat or to charm, or to cheat by charming
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enmity
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hostility, state of being enemies
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firmament
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the heavens or the sky
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abode
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a place where one lives
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fissure
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a crack, usually narrow and long
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mesmerize
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to hypnotize
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truculent, pugnacious, belligerent
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hostile, ready and willing to fight
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bellicose
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waging war, actively belligerent
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Great Rift Valley
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where humanity began to evolve
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guile, wiles
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sneakiness, craftiness used to trick others
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pungent
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sharp and biting to the taste
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shroud
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cloth used to wrap a corpse for burial
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wretch
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a poor, miserable person
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wretched
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utterly miserable and unhappy
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foil
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to prevent from happening
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brine
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salt water
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briny
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salty
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strive
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to try hard
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lustrous, luminous, incandescent
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shining, glowing with light
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wily
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clever, crafty, sneaky
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epitaph
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inscription on a tombstone
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macabre
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gruesome, grisly, having to do with death
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peripheral
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on the boundries or margins
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hordes
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great multitudes of people
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feckless
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weak, not able to succeed well
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aesthetics
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the study, understanding , and appreciation of beauty
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resplendent
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magnificent, shining with splendor
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hubris
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excessive pride, putting oneself at the level of the gods
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oligarchy
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rule of the few
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anarchy
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lack of any rule or government
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irk, peeve, vex, exasperate
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to annoy, to bother, to trouble
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specter, apparition
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ghost
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annihilate, obliterate
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utterly wipe out
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glean
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to pick out little by little
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sepulcher
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tomb, grave
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incredulity
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disbelief, state of doubting
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incredulous
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doubting, not believing
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imperil
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to endanger
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perilous
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dangerous
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peril
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danger
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augment
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to make bigger
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liberality
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generosity, spirit of giving
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degradation
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loss of position, rank, honor, dignity
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stead
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place (instead of; homestead)
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arduous
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strenuous, requiring tremendous effort
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wont
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the accustomed, usual way
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wonted
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habitual, customary, used to
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transcendent
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beyond the limits of ordinary experience
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entreat, implore, importune, plead, beseech, supplicate
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to beg, to ask fervently and earnestly
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nonchalant
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appearing unconcerned
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misogynist
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a hater of women
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juxtapose
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to place side by side in order to compare
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juxtaposition
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placement of items next to each other to bring out differences
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misanthrope
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a hater of humanity
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schism
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a break within a group or a movement into two or more distinct groups
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allusion
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a reference to someone or something
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parody
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a satirical imitation of a work
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epiphany
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a sudden, profound understanding of a concept or idea
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surmise
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to guess
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usurp
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to seize power unlawfully
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recalcitrant
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stubborn, obstinately resisting restraint or authority
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impetuous
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rash, impulsive, heedless, acting without thinking
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insurrection
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act or instance of rebelling against the government
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eulogy
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a speech commemorating and lauding the dead
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pall
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a cloth covering a coffin
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pragmatic
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practical, realistic, not idealistic
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predatory
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hunting and preying on victims with intent to destroy or kill
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wary
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cautious, careful, watchful
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fen, fens
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mires, swamps, quagmires
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mere, tarn
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a pool or pond
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loathsome, abominable, abhorrent, detestable, odious
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repellently bad such that we hate it
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sumptuous, opulent
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resplendently rich in all respects
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manacle, shackles
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handcuffs and chains to restrain people
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onslaught
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fierce, continuing attack
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unremitting
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without ceasing, without relief or stop
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proffer
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to offer, to present for acceptance
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maraud
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to make raids, to roam and plunder and pillage
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marauders
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pillagers, raiders
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fastidious
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neat and fussy in doing anything
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affliction
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a cause of unremitting pain or suffering
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afflict
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to cause suffering and pain without stop
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quail
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to cower, to shrink back in fear or terror
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baleful
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deadly, evilly harmful, portending great evil
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bane
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something that destroys, a source of injury, death, or woe
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woe
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despair
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woes
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problems, vexations, difficulties
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adulation
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deep love or slavish admiration
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adulate
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to admire or love slavishly
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fervor, ardor
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passion, intense feeling
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fervid, fervent, ardent
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passionate
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exploit
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to take unfair advantage of
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elegy
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serious poem about death
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elegiac
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evocative of the somber, melancholy, mournful tones of an elegy
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cuckold
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man whose wife cheats on him (because he cannot satisfy her)
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strumpet
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a doxy, drab, whore, prostitute, trollop
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arrogant
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excessively proud, almost hubristic
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arrogance
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excessive, snobish pride
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philanthropist
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one who gives generously, with great munificence
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dirge
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solemn funeral march or song
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omens, portents
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signs of something that will happen in the future
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ominous, portentous
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indicating something will happen
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folly
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act of foolishness, stupidity, or heedlessness
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hallow
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to make sacred or holy
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hallowed
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holy, sacred, given deep reverence
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loquacious, garrulous
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talkative, giving to running off the mouth
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verbose
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wordy, using an excess of words
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harbinger
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an announcer, a herald a signal or sign of something that will come
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unwieldy
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awkward in size and shape and difficult to manage
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ostracize
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to exclude from a group and shun as a form of punishment
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laud, extol
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to praise
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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avarice
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extreme greed
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avaricious
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greedy
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voracity, rapacity
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all consuming greed and avarice
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voracious, rapacious
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greedily desiring to obtain and consume everything wished for
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miser
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one who hoards avariciously and never gives or shares
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miserly, niggardly
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cheap, stingy, lacking generosity
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exhort
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to urge, to persuade strongly
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exhortation
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strongly persuasive speech, often bossy in tone
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contend
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to argue, to struggle, to compete
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contention
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argument, the idea that is being argued for
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contentious
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argumentative in a feisty way
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to lament
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to mourn, to express sorrow or grief
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A lament, a lamentation
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expressions of grief or sorrow
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wail
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to cry out in a sad, painful drwn out fashion
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to disdain
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to treat with contempt, to scorn
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disdain (noun)
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scorn, contempt, regarding something as unworthy or inferior
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countenance, visage
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face, or the expression on the face
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to countenance
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to approve of, to permit with approval
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rhetoric
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words used to create a specific effect
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melancholy, doleful, woeful
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sad, sorrowful
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IT behooves A PERSON TO DO
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it is in a person's best interest, it is fitting and appropriate for a person to do something
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soporific
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sleep-inducing, causing drowsiness
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eviscerate
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to disembowel, to rip the guts from
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