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apothecary
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one who prepares and sells drugs and compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist
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augment
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to make larger in size, number, strengthen or extent
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belligerent
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agressively hostile; of warlike character
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chaste
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celibate; sexually pure; modest; undefiled
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courtier
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one who attends the king or queen at the royal court
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disparage
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to put down; to belittle; to degrade
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heretic
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a professed believer who holds religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his church
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jest
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a joke, a comic incident, a witty remark or to joke or make witty remarks
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nuptial
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relating to a wedding or a marriage ceremony
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pernicious
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causing harm; injurious, destructive
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posterity
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descendants; all future generations
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profane
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to treat something sacred with disrespect; heathen
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rapier
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a straight 2-edged sword with a narrow pointed blade
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visage
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the face or countenance
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knave
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an unprincipled, untrustworthy or dishonest fellow; a male servant
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lamentable
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regrettable; mournful
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orb
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a sphere or globe; a celestial sphere like the sun or moon
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perjury
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deliberately swearing to untruth; lying under oath
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poultice
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a soft, usually warm and medicated mass of bread, meal or clay spread on cloth and applied to sores
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procure
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to get, to take possession of
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rancor
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enmity; better ill-will; hatred; malice
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sallow
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a sickly, yellowish color
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unwieldy
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cumbersome; unmanagable due to bulk or weight
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vex
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to irratate or annoy
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vile
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wretchedly bad; foul; repulsive
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