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Abomination
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extreme disgust and hatred: loathing
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Conjured
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1.to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
to summon by or as if by innocation or incantation; to affect or effect by as if by magic; to bring to mind; to summon a devil spirit by invocation or incantation; to practice magical arts; to use a conjurer's tricks. |
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Contention
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an act or instance of contending a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument.
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Deference
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respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder also affected or in grating regard for anothers wishes.
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Innate
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existing in or belonging to or determined by the factors present in an individual from birth; belonging to the essential nature of something; originates in or derived from the mind or the constitution of the intellect rather than from experience.
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Licentious
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lacking legal or moral restraints; marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness.
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Manifestation
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a perceptible outward or visible expression. one of the forms in which an individual is ...., an occult phenomenon. a public demonstration of power and purpose.
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Paradox
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a tent contrary to recieve opinion; a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true self contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises.
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Prodigious
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a obsolete; being an omen; resembling or befitting a prodigy; exciting amazement or wonder, extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree.
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Vindictive
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a disposed to seek revenge; intended for or involving revenge; intended to cause anguish or hurt.
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hearty
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well
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bid
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told
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aye
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yes
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opened
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been honest
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nay
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no
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sport
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a game
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Goody
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Mrs.
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blink
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pay no attention
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naught
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nothing
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mark
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listen to; remeber
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clapped in the stocks
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placed in the stocks(punishment device in which the offender was secured by the hands and feet or head and hands and was left outside to be publicly humiliated or abused)
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wintry
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unfriendly
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charge
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accusation or reason
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writ
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a court order
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pray
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please
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incubi and succubi
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(plural form for the incubus and succubus) male and female demons, respectively, who were believed to have intercourse with the people while they were asleep
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Irons
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iron restraints
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