Their Eyes Were Watching God

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sodden

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adj. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated; bloated

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devilment

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noun. devilish action or conduct; deviltry

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languid

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adj. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

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elude

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verb. the escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of

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shiftless

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adj. lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy

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dissolution

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noun. the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.; the process of dissolving

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malice

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noun. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another

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ether

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noun. the upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens

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incredulous

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adj. indicating or showing disbelief

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preside over

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verb. to exercise management or control (over)

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incorporate

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verb. to form into a corporation, city, or other organization with a separate legal identity from that of its owners or members

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hotly

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adv. with intense or violent feeling; fervently

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cowed

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adj. frightened with threats, violence, etc.; intimidated

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chastise

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verb. to criticize severely

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dolefully

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adv. in a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournfully

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ornery

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adj. unpleasant or ugly in temper; stubborn; low or vile

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caper

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noun. a prank or trick; a harebrained escapade

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distended

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adj. swollen, as by internal pressure; out of normal size or shape

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oblivious

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adj. unmindful; unconscious; unaware

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discomfiture

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noun. disconcertaion; confusion; embarassment

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bellow

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verb. to howl, roar, bawl

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rejoin

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verb. to say in answer; reply, especially to counter-reply

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submission

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noun. the act of yielding to the authority or power or another

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chasten

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verb. to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; subdue

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stolidness

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noun. an unemotional or impassive state

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pugnaciously

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adv. in a quarrelsome, belligerent, or combative manner

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ostentatiously

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adv. with a pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others

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insinuation

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noun. covert or artful suggestion or hinting, as of something implied

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uninitiated

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adj. left out of an organization or group, or of secret knowledge, etc.

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rollicking

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adj. carefree and joyous; boisterous

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usurper

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noun. someone who seizes and holds a position, office, or power by force or without legal right

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temporize

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verb. to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting

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fanatical

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adj. motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics

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affront

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noun. an offense or insult to one's dignity or self-respect

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insensate

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adj. without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal

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homage

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noun. respect or reverence paid or rendered

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defilement

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noun. making foul or dirty; debasing; sullying; desecrating; making impure

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fissure

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noun. a narrow opening produced by a splitting apart

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(to) drone

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verb. to make a dull , continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz

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fetid

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adj. having an offensive odor; stinking