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acquired
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to get as one's own
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altercation
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a noisy heated angry dispute; also : noisy controversy
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compensation
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the act of making an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to
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contemptuously
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manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval
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ecclesiastical
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suitable for use in a church
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formidable
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causing fear, dread, or apprehension
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inconsistent
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lacking condition of adhering together
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permanence
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the quality of state of continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change
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prerogative
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an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
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qualms
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a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion (as doubt or fear)
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edification
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an act of process of building or establishing
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inaudible
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not heard or capable of being heard
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indulge
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to give free rein to
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obscure
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relatively unknown
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peculiarities
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different from the usual or normal
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penitentiary
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a public institution in which offenders against the law are confined for detention or punishment; specifically : a state or federal prison in the United States
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perish
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to become destroyed or ruined
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placid
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serenely free of interruption or disturbance
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quarrel
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a ground of dispute or complaint
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resignation
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the quality or state of accepting something as inevitable
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