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Apothecary
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one who prepares
and sells drugs and compunds for medicinal purposes; a druggist |
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Augment
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to make larger
in size, number, strength or extent |
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Belligerent
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aggressively
hostile; of warlike |
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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 marrige ceremony Plural = Nuptials: a wedding |
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Pernicious
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causing harm;
injurious, destructive |
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Posterity
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descendents;
all future generations |
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Profane
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to treat
something sacred with disrespect or unhold; 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; bitter
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;
unmanageable due to bulk or weight |
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Vex
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to irritate or
annoy |
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Vile
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wretchedly
bad;; foul; repusive |
