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131 Cards in this Set
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demeanor
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the way in which a person behaves
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engendered
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to bring into existence
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garland
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a wreath or festoon
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peevish
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ill tempered, contrary, fractious
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perceive
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to become aware of directly through any of the senses; to apprehend
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presage
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an omen
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suffice
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to meet present needs or requirements
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tarry
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to delay or be late in going, coming, or doing
to wait to remain or stay |
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harmattan
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a dry, dusty wind that blows from teh Sahara to the Atlantic coast of Africa
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improvident
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lacking foresight or thrift
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Kola
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an African tree whose nuts contain caffeine and yield a flavorful extract
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impending
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about to happen, imminent
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intricate
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complex
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cowries
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brightly colored, glossy mollusk shells used as money in Things Fall Apart
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prowess
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bravery, valor, skill
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ultimatum
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a final demand whose rejection ends negotiations and leads to a use of force or other strong action
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potent
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powerful
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogant, domineering
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emissary
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a person sent on a mission
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interim
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a period between, meantime
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emissary
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a person sent on a mission
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capricious
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whimsical, flighty, tending to change suddenly (a.k.a. Nora)
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malevolent
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wishing harm to others
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oracle
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a person or place believed to reveal messages from a god or spirit
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void
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emptiness
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matchet
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machete
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abomination
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something hateful and disgusting
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kite
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a bird of the hawk family
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cassava
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a tropical plant having edible starchy roots
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tendrils
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the threadlike parts of climbing plants
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luxuriant
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lush, teeming, growing abundantly
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tubers
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the thick, fleshy parts of underground stems
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brusqueness
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curtness, rough and abrupt speech
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kindred
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a group of relatives
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benevolent
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wishing good to others
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atone
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to make ammends
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exacting
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strict, demanding
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poignant
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emotionally moving
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ultimate
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final, utmost
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communion
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the act of sharing thoughts and feelings with others
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calabashes
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the dried, hollow shells of a tropical gourd-like fruit, used for bowls
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foo-foo
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an african food made from boiled and mashed yam, cassava or plantain
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tentative
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hesitant, uncertain
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pottage
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a thick soup or stew of vegetables with or without meat
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consoled
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made less sad, comforted
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persistent
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stubborn, persevering, refusing to give up
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grandees
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people of high rank
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prophesied
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predicted, foretold
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entrails
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inner organs, intestines, guts
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feign
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pretend
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harbingers
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persons or things that announce what will follow
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plantains
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tropical banana plants whose coarse fruit is eaten cooked
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raffia
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a palm tree whose leaves yield a fiber used in making baskets, hats, etc.
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coiffure
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hairdo
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spendthrift
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extravagant person
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prodigal
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foolishly generous person
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frivolous
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trivial, silly
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subordinate
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inferior
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squander
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to spend wastefully
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indiscreet
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not wise
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contraband
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illegal goods
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intolerable
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unendurable
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tactless
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undiplomatic
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excruciating
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unbearably painful (Eric with the Big Red wrapper ;))
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impulsive
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hasty
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proclaiming
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declaring
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retribution
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retaliation (nananana)
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disreputable
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dishonorable
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naturalistic
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primitive
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calculation
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cunning
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hypocrite
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poser
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proprieties
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decencies
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bewildered
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confused
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evasions
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avoidances
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grafter
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unscrupulous person
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scholarship
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academic achievement/knowledge
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attainment
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accomplishment
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dullard
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a stupid/unimaginative person (they're dull....)
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nullity
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mere nothing, insignificance
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incantation
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use of spells or verbal charms as part of a magic ritual
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ominous
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foreboding/foreshadowing evil
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firmament
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the sky
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clamor
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noisy shouting
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libation
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a liquid used in ceremonial drinking
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sluice
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floodgate
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austerity
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morally strict act
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poignancy
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the quality of painfully affecting one's feelings
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inordinate
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excessive
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fatuous
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silly, foolish
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avarice
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greed
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thicket
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dense growth of shrubbery or small trees
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prodigy
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extraordinary person, thing or deed
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tumult
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noisy confusion
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impale
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to pierce with a pointed object
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boon
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convivial or sociable
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demolition
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the act of tearing down or breaking into pieces; destruction
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precipitous
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having very steep sides
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appease
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to make peace through concessions
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munificence
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great generosity
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sinister
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singularly evil
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depraved
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marked by evil
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deluge
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outpouring of water
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antediluvian
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before the flood
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interminable
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having/seeming to have no end
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renown
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a state of being widely acclaimed
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redress
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to correct of compensate for a wrong or loss
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discourteous
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impolite
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enmity
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hatred/ill will
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revered
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regarded as worthy of great honor
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chaste
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innocently pure (Berklee, etc.)
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penuriously
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in extreme poverty
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extremity
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great danger or need
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presumption
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attitude or conduct that oversteps the bounds of propriety or courtesy
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contrary
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unfavorable
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disparage
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to speak badly of
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trespass
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to illegally enter property
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arable
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fit for growing crops (Beth, you look like a farmer!)
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prostrate
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stretched out with one's face on the ground, usually in adoration or submission
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humane
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marked by compassion, sympathy or consideration for humans or animals
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compulsory
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mandatory, enforced
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indiscriminately
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randomly, haphazardly
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emaciated
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thin and feeble
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renounce
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to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
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caprice
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a sudden change of mind because of a whim (goes with capricious)
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tedious
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tiresome because of length or dullness; boring
C&C classes are NEVER tedious |
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veer
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to change direction or course
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coercion
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force, repression
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conceive
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to cause to begin, to originate
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warble
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to sing with rapid variations, or changes in pitch
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immobile
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incapable of movement, motionless
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sustain
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to perform actions that keep something in existence
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