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plague
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a widespread contagious disease with a high mortality rate; pestilence
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eccentric
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deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd
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arabesque
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elaborately designed
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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piquancy
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pleasantly sharp quality
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luminous
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giving off light
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sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd
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habiliments
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clothing
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supplication
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the act of asking humbly and earnestly
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august
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imposing and magnificent
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cessation
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stopping, either forever or for some time
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contrition
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feeling of remorse for having done something wrong.
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