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abstracted
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lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied
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adulation
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to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
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adversity
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adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress
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burgeon
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to grow or develop quickly; flourish
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chimera
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a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
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culpable
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deserving blame or censure; blameworthy
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decadent
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characterized by decadence
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entreaty
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earnest request or petition; supplication
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fatuous
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foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly
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humane
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characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed
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indulgent
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characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive
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ineptness
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without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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inundate
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to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge
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miser
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a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money
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nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous
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prattle
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to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
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predilection
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a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
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procrastinate
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to defer action; delay
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stoic
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of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity
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suffrage
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the right to vote, esp. in a political election
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summon
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to call upon to do something specified
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transparent
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having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen
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turbulence
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the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion
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viable
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capable of living
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