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abate
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grow weaker, lessen, die down
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The pain has abated
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aberration
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not normal, defective or filled with flaws
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People in general thought him a lunatic, and blamed his Reform Club friends for having accepted a wager which betrayed the mental aberration of its proposer.
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accolade
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praise, approval, salutation
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acquiesce
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give in, agree to
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acrimonious
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to do evil or harm, bitter in launguage or tone of voice
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Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year.
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alacrity
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speed, eagerness, willingness
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Strickland was glad to show me her children, and she accepted my invitation with alacrity.
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altercation
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loud argument, fight
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A violent altercation ensued, in the course of which Thorn threatened to put the partners in irons should they prove refractory; upon which M'Dougal seized a pistol and swore to be the death of the captain should he ever offer such an indignity.
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antipathy
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strong feelings against, hatred, strong dislike
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THE people of Madagonia had an antipathy to the people of Novakatka and set upon some sailors of a Novakatkan vessel, killing two and wounding twelve.
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aphorism
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short statement of truth or principle that people live by
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He belonged to that natural, humorous school who took for their motto in the seventeenth century the aphorism uttered by one of their number in 1653, -- "To despise flowers is to offend God.
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apocryphal
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of unknown origin, something that happens out of nowhere
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The marriage was to make no change in their place of residence; they had been able to extend it, by taking to themselves the upper rooms formerly belonging to the apocryphal invisible lodger, and they desired nothing more.
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assuage
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make less painful, soothe
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aesthete
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one who loves beauty
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She was clad in a somewhat strange garb of peacock green and peacock blue satins, that gleamed like blue and green metals, such as delight children and aesthetes, and her heavy, hot brown hair framed one of those magic faces which are dangerous to all men, but especially to boys and to men growing grey.
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atheist
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one who does not believe in God or a higher authority
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attenuate
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to weaken, make thinner, reduce, make smaller
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Space is pervaded by luminiferous ether, which is a material thing--as much a substance as air or water, though almost infinitely more attenuated.
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auspicious
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favorable, good circumstances
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austerity
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harshly plain, harsh economy, no comfort, strictness
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Even with the same austerity and garb
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avarice
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greed, seeks more
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Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy.
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avow
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to state as true, profess, swear to
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bellicose
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warlike, pugnacious, fighting
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Servile and fawning as he had been before, he was now as domineering and bellicose.
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capacious
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big space with high ceiling, capable of holding a large amount
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At last the Ocean, that hospitable friend to the wretched, opened her capacious arms to receive him; and he instantly resolved to accept her kind invitation.
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capricious
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fanciful, empty-headed, fickle, whimsicle
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Tho' certainly nothing could to any reasonable Being, have appeared more satisfactory, than so gratefull a reply to her invitation, yet I know not how it was, but she was certainly capricious enough to be displeased with our behaviour and in a few weeks after, either to revenge our Conduct, or releive her own solitude, married a young and illiterate Fortune- hunter.
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contempt
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hatred, scorn, antipathy
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contentious
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wanting or likeing to fight, liking to quarrel or argue
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AN Old Man, afflicted with a family of contentious Sons, brought in a bundle of sticks and asked the young men to break it.
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corroborate
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support, confirm to prove the truthy, usually with new information
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There are many physical as well as moral facts which corroborate this opinion, and some few that would seem to weigh against it.
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disparage
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belittle, criticise, put down
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You think so, because you're his sister; and, on that account, I'll forgive you; but nobody else should so disparage Arthur Huntingdon to me with impunity.
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones.
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dubious
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doubtful
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effulgence
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shining, brilliance, radiance such as the night sky, effulgent with stars
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And beneath the effulgent Antarctic skies I have boarded the Argo-Navis, and joined the chase against the starry Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of Hydrus and the Flying Fish.
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elucidate
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make clear, shed light on for better understanding, explain
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It was not a council of war, but, as it were, a council to elucidate certain questions for the Emperor personally.
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elude
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escape from, evade
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austerity
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harshly plain, harsh economy, no comfort, strictness
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Even with the same austerity and garb
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avarice
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greed, seeks more
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Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy.
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avow
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to state as true, profess, swear to
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bellicose
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warlike, pugnacious, fighting
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Servile and fawning as he had been before, he was now as domineering and bellicose.
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capacious
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big space with high ceiling, capable of holding a large amount
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At last the Ocean, that hospitable friend to the wretched, opened her capacious arms to receive him; and he instantly resolved to accept her kind invitation.
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capricious
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fanciful, empty-headed, fickle, whimsicle
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Tho' certainly nothing could to any reasonable Being, have appeared more satisfactory, than so gratefull a reply to her invitation, yet I know not how it was, but she was certainly capricious enough to be displeased with our behaviour and in a few weeks after, either to revenge our Conduct, or releive her own solitude, married a young and illiterate Fortune- hunter.
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contempt
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hatred, scorn, antipathy
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contentious
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wanting or likeing to fight, liking to quarrel or argue
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AN Old Man, afflicted with a family of contentious Sons, brought in a bundle of sticks and asked the young men to break it.
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corroborate
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support, confirm to prove the truthy, usually with new information
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There are many physical as well as moral facts which corroborate this opinion, and some few that would seem to weigh against it.
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disparage
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belittle, criticise, put down
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You think so, because you're his sister; and, on that account, I'll forgive you; but nobody else should so disparage Arthur Huntingdon to me with impunity.
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones.
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dubious
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doubtful
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effulgence
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shining, brilliance, radiance such as the night sky, effulgent with stars
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And beneath the effulgent Antarctic skies I have boarded the Argo-Navis, and joined the chase against the starry Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of Hydrus and the Flying Fish.
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elucidate
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make clear, shed light on for better understanding, explain
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It was not a council of war, but, as it were, a council to elucidate certain questions for the Emperor personally.
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elude
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escape from, evade
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emulate
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imitate, try to equal someone else by imitating his or her actions
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A Jackdaw, who witnessed the capture of the lamb, was stirred with envy and determined to emulate the strength and flight of the Eagle.
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encroach
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invade, intrude, push in where not wanted, go beyond reasonable
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It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.
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engender
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to bring into being, to plant an idea and cause it to grow
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For every cloud engenders not a storm.
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epicuean
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having good taste in finde foods and fine wines
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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He said nothing, however, and his conduct greatly astonished me; yet I thought it prudent not to exacerbate the growing moodiness of his temper by any comment.
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fathom
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to measure, to understand
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fatuous
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empty of meaning, inane, senseless
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In fetters of false values and fatuous words
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fervent
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passionate, expressing deep feeling about something
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fractious
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breaking rules, making trouble, generally unruly
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I never see Uncle Silas speak up so sharp and fractious before.
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imperious
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arrogant, domineering, overbearing, demanding
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Hence Quasimodo's gratitude was profound, passionate, boundless; and although the visage of his adopted father was often clouded or severe, although his speech was habitually curt, harsh, imperious, that gratitude never wavered for a single moment.
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incarnate
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in the flesh, in human form
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That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested; through those forms that same sultanism became incarnate in an irresistible dictatorship.
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incongrous
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not fitting together well, illogical, senseless
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In the organism of states such men are necessary, as wolves are necessary in the organism of nature, and they always exist, always appear and hold their own, however incongruous their presence and their proximity to the head of the government may be.
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incorrigible
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unable to be corrected, reprehensible, obnoxious
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It is the incorrigible vanity of the man which will not be denied.
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indigenous
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native to an area, born there or discovered there, as a plant might be
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Also a few pages might have been given up profitably to the consideration of the indigenous flora and fauna of Kukuanaland.
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inebriation
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drunk from alcohol
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inexorable
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cannot be talked out of something, inplacable, stubborn, unyielding
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However, I was for once cased in triple brass and inexorable.
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infallible
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cannot fail, incapable of error or mistakes
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ingenuous
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honest, straightforward, unsophisticated
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His ingenuous delight in it was a delight to her, and a new and mutual love-thrill was theirs--because of a flower.
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innate
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born, inherited, ro possessed at birth, genetic
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inordinate
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not ordinary, unreasonable, going beyond the limit
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insidious
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sneaking to do harm or evil, underhanded
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Verily, with insidious beauty do sea and life gaze upon me round about
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