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alloy
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debase by mixing with something impure; adulterate?
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a mother's unalloyed pride
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appropriate
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take for one's own use
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misappropriated means
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arrest
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stop; to engage;
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an arresting glance; arrested growth
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august
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majestic, venerable
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to be awed by august surroundings
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bent
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inclination, proclivity, tendency, leaning
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a perverse bent of mind
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broach
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bring up, begin to talk about
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broach an unpleasant subject
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brook
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tolerate, countenance, endure
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I will not brook a shoddy score
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cardinal
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major
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cardinal rules, a cardinal sin
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted to a group
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an MCP
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color
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distort, gloss or affect
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a colored account
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