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adumbrate
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to outline faintly; to sketch in a shadowy way; to foreshadow
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emancipate
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to set free
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful, happy, golden, or prosperous
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hyperbole
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rhetorical device expressing an obvious exaggeration to create a desired effect
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lachrymal
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much weeping
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piquant
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pleasantly tart, sharp, biting, pungent
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pogrom
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an organized massacre of defenseless people
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poignant
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painfully moving; piercingly effective
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polemic
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the art of controversy; an aggressive controversialist or the attack made by him
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salubrious
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healthful
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solecism
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violation of the grammar or conventional usage of a language
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tautology
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a redundancy; a needless repetition
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