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mien
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n. appearance or aspect; demeanor |
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heterogeneous |
adj. different in kind; incongruous |
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sojourn |
n. a temporary stay |
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vivify |
v. to endure with life or renew life, to animate
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progenitor |
n. an ancestor in the direct line; a forefather |
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plebian |
n. one of the common people |
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contumaciously |
adv. stubbornly disobedient |
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epoch |
n. a period of time marked by the beginning of a new development |
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mutable |
adj. subject to change |
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talisman |
n. something that produces magical or miraculous effects |
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amenable |
adj. agreeable |
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gild |
v. to overlay with(or as if with) a thin covering of gold |
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vehemence |
n. eagerness or forcefulness |
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petulant |
adj. insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
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inimical |
adj. having the disposition of an enemy; hostile |
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somnambulism |
n. sleepwalking |
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erudite |
adj. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
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semblance |
n. an outward and often false appearance |
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contagion |
n. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact; a disease so communicated |
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caprice |
n. a tendency to change one's mind without apparent motive |
