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anguished
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Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
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despise
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To dislike intensely; loathe:
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entrepreneur
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A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture
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reflectively
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thoughtfully; meditatively
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precariously
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Dangerously lacking in security or stability:
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gait
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A particular way or manner of moving on foot:
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trek
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v. To make a slow or arduous journey;
n. A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult |
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eludes
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To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill:
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reverie
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A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming
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plunder
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To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage:
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mirage
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An optical phenomenon; Something illusory or insubstantial
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idealist
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someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
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epitaph
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An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.
A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person. |
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replenish
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To become full again.
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raucously
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Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
Boisterous and disorderly: |
