Progeny Of Light - Vocabulary

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Unhampered

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Not slowed or blocked or interfered with

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Prosperous

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Very lively and profitable

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Antiquated

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Old-fashioned, out of date

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Grudgingly

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In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire

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Vindictiveness

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A malevolent desire for revenge

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Liberation

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The attempt to achieve equal rights or status

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Plight

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a condition, state or situation

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Shunted

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A railroad switch

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Concocted

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To prepare by mixing ingredients

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Stout

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bulky in figure; heavily built

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Vindictiveness

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disposed or inclined to revenge

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Conscripted

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One compulsorily enrolled for service

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Impending

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About to happen

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Ostracized

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To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges.

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Eiderdown

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A heavy quilt or comforter made of down or soft feathers

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Innumerable

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Very numerous, a lot, too many to count

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Destitute

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Without means of subsistence, lacking food, clothing and shelter

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Fervently

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Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit

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Imminent

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At hand; close in time

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Disembodied

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Not having a material body

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Gesticulating

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Making gestures while speaking

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Exuberance

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Joyful enthusiasm

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Amours

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A love affair, especially an illicit one

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Implicitly

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implied, rather than expressly stated

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Barracks

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building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, esp. in garrison

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Liquidated

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to break up or do away with

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Scant

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barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant

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Wangled

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to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods

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Futility

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useless as a consequence of having no practical result

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Quakers

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Religious Society of Friends: a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660

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Derogatory

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derogative: expressive of low opinion

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Affidavits

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statements made which are made in writing and which are signed by the person making the affidavit

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Flaunted

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to parade or display oneself conspicuously

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Implemented

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Developed or put into place

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Inquisition

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any harsh, difficult, or prolonged questioning

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Brassiere

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bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts, or better known as a bra

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Solitude

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remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human activity

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Apprehension

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anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil

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Gingham

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yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked

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Quarantine

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strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease

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Monotonous

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lacking in variety; tediously unvarying

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Wallowed

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To indulge oneself fully with animal pleasure

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Recoiling

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to draw, start, or shrink back, as in fear, surprise, etc.

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Interim

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an intervening time; interval

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Skeptical

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Not easily convinced, doubting, questioning

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Brigadier

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a non-commissioned Rank

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Liaison

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A connecting of the parts of a whole, intended to bring about proper co-ordination of activities

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Delousing

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to free of lice, the removal of lice

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Consolation

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the alleviation of misery or distress of the mind

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contemptuous

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showing or expressing disdain, being scornful

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leering

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a desirous sly or knowing look

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galvanized

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to startle into sudden activity, to stimulate

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blockova

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a prisoner in charge at the concentration camps during the holocaust

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admonition

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advice or caution, a warning or reproof given by a religious authority

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preening

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to dress of groom yourself with lots of care

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scarcity

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insufficiency or short of supply, dearth

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surreptitiously

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obtained, done, secret or unauthorized. Something done in a stealthy way.

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Vetoed

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the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc.

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imminent

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likely to occur at any moment; impending

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obscure

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not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain

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ration

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a fixed allowance of provisions or food

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morale

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emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness and confidence especially in the face of opposition or hardship

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reprisals

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retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return

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discretion

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the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment

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debilitating

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to make weak or feeble

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reactionaries

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of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction

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Heidelberg

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a city of southwest Germany on the Neckar River

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Contemplation

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full or deep consideration

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lull

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to put to sleep or rest

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vindictive

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disposed or inclined to revenge

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rigmarole

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an elaborate procedure

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ostentatiously

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showing an attempt to impress others

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incessant

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never ceasing, continuing or being repeated without stopping

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indoctrination

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to instruct; teach

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disgruntled

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to make peevishly discontented; displeased

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inquiries

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a close examination of a matter in a search for information or truth

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informant

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a person who informs or gives information

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Quota

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the share or proportional part of a total that is required from

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subsequent

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occurring or coming later or after

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asylum

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a temporary refuge granted political offenders, esp. in a foreign embassy

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fictitious

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created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment, not genuine

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intellectuals

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appealing to or engaging the intellect

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inevitably

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unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped

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emaciated

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very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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prompted

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to move to act

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ghastly

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shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible

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dejectedly

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being in low spirits, depressed

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ingratiatingly

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charming, agreeable

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oratory

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skill or eloquence in public speaking

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jovially

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joyous humour

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jubilant

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showing great job, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing

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insatiable

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incapable of being satisfied or appeased

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festering

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to generate pus

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suppurating

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to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate

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monotony

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wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery

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opaque

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not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through