Preface & Preface To The Preface

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supplication

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n: the act of asking or begging earnestly or humbly

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importunate

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adj: persistent, esp. to the point of annoyance or intrusion

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callous

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adj: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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allay

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v: diminish or put to rest fear, suspicion, worry, pain or hunger

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tacit

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adj: understood or implied without being stated

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dainty

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adj: delicately small and pretty

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reel

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v: lose one’s balance and stagger or lurch violently

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obliquity

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n: the quality of being indirect or not explicit in addressing a point

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intransigence

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n: unwillingness or refusal to change one's views or agree on something

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portend

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v: be a sign or warning that something, esp. something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen

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resumption

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n: the act of resuming

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zero-sum

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adj: of a game or situation in which whatever is gained by one side is lost by the other

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one's writ

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n: one's power to enforce compliance or submission; one's authority

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corporate

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adj: of or shared by all members of a group