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motif
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a single or repeated design or color
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specious
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having deceptive attraction or allure
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MIRAGES
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optical effects appearing as a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted
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enmity
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hatred; ill will
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strident
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characterized by harsh insistent and discordant sound
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eccentric
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deviating from usual, established pattern or from accepted usage or conduct
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furtive
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wxpressive of stealth; sly; secretive
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mortification
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a sense of humiliation and shame
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immured
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enclosed within
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bastion
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projecting part of fortification; a fortified area or position; stronghold;
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gesticulated
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make gestures
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officious
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volunteering ones services where they are neither asked for nor needed
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiance expression of thoughts or feelings; exuberance
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recrimination
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a bitter retort; a charge agasint an accuser
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pall
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something that cowers or conceats;
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abyss
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immeasurably deep gulf or great space
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inscrutable
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not readily interpreted; mysterious; hard to grasp;
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castanet
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a rythm instrument that consists of two small shells of ivory, hardwood, or plastic fastenec to the thumb and clicked together by the other fingers
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vicissitudes
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fluctuations of states or conditions; visible mutations or natural changes
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contrite
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expressing remorse for one's sins or shortcomings
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incredulous
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disbelieving; skeptical
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baffled
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defeated by confusion or puzzlement;frustrated; disconcerned
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susurration
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a whispering sound; a murmur
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blatant
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completely obvious, conspicuous, or obtrusive
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unpalpable
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incapable of being felt by touch; intangible
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myriad
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an immense numberl from greek, 10,000;
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preposterous
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contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
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taboo
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banned on grounds of mortality or taste
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swarthiness
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darkness of complexion
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tacitly
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expressed without words; silently
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errant
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straying outside the proper path or bounds
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malevolently
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visiously;spitefully;hatefully
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obscurely
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indistinctly; without full understanding or expression
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opaque
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hard to understand or explain
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improvisation
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the art or act of making up stuff without practice
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jeeringly
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mockingly
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lamentably
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Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
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ludicrous
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amusing but absurd
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expansively
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with delusions of self-importance;
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effigy
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an image or representation, especially of a person
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perilous
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hazardous; dangerous
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tempestuously
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violently; agitatedly
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discursive
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digressive; trailing off from the main point
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inarticulate
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Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language
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incantation
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A formula used in ritual recitation; a verbal charm or spell.
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interminable
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being or seeming to have no end
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tremulously
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tremblingly;fearfully
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exasperation
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the state of being annoyed
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incredulity
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The state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief.
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diffidently
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shyly; reservedly
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constrainedly
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n a constrained manner
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exulting
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rejoicing
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somberly
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seriously; gravely
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mutinously
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rebelliously
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obtuseness
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dullness
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brandishing
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To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly
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daunting
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dismaying; intimidating
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impervious
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inpenetrable
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contemptuously
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disrespectfully
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derisive
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expressing or causing scrorn vocally
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sanctity
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the sanctity or state of being holy or sacred
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demure
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reserved; modest
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demented
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mad; insane
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iridescent
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having or exhibiting a play of colors producing rainbow effects: also glittering
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parody
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a feeble or ridiculous imitation
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corpulent
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having a large, bulky body
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succulent
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full of juice; juicy
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abdominable
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worthy of or causing disgust or hatred;
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loathing
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extreme disgust
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theological
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relating to or of the study of God and his relation to the world
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conviction
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a strong persuasion or belief
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purged
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cleansed of
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myopia
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a type of vision where distant objects seem blurred
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multitudinous
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including many individual things; existing great in numbers
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propitiatingly
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To conciliate (an offended power); appease: propitiate the gods with a sacrifice.
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truculently
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belligerently; self-assertively or aggressive
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talisman
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something producing magic affects
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inimical
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unfriendly; hostile
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ulation
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a howl; a wail
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excruciatingly
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painfully; agoinizingly
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