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melancholy
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Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; pensive reflection or contemplation
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importune
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To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly
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alms
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Money or goods given as charity to the poor
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prodigious
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Impressively great in size, force, or extent
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entailing
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To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence
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profess
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To affirm openly; declare or claim
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parsimony
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Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess
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hitherto
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Until this time
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raiment
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Clothing; garments
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fricassee
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Poultry or meat cut into pieces and stewed in gravy
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ragout
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A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables
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render
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To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment
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swine
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Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout; A person regarded as brutish or contemptible
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popish
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Of or relating to the popes or the Roman Catholic Church
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factions
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A form of literature or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses real people or events as essential elements in an otherwise fictional rendition
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per annum
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By the year; annually
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repine
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To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret
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flay
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To strip off the skin or outer covering of
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incur
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To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain
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apt
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very appropriate: especially suited to the circumstances; likely: often doing something and likely to do it again
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encumbrance
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One that encumbers; a burden or impediment
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vermin
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Various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, that are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health
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tithes
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A tenth part of one's annual income contributed voluntarily or due as a tax, especially for the support of the clergy or church
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procure
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To get by special effort; obtain or acquire
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emulation
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Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another
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