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altercation |
a noisy or angry dispute; a quarrel
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habiliments
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style of dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion; clothes
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rotogravure
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a photographic process in which the impression is produced by a rotary press; a print made by this process
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ecclesiastical
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of or relating to a church especially as a formal and established institution
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austere
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stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; grave; somber
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prerogative
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an exclusive or special right power or privilege
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obliquely
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indirectly; deviously; underhandedly
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infallible
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incapable of error; sure; certain
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acquiescence
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acceptance; assent
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sullen
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gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed; dismal
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futility
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fruitlessness; uselessness
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venerable
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respected or admired
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formidable
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causing fear dread or apprehension; awe-inspiring
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connivance
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knowledge of and consent to wrongdoing
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corroborating
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supporting with evidence or authority
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acrimonious
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biting or rancorous especially in feeling
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language
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; arrogant
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mollified
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appeased; assuaged
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ex cathedra
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by virtue of or in the exercise of one's office; authoritative
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impudent
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insolent; contemptuous or cocky; boldness; disregard of others
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unmitigated
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not lessened; unrelieved
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temerity
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rashness; foolishness
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integrity
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honesty; incorruptibility
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cynical
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critical and distrustful of human nature and motives
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feral
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savage; wild
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credibility
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believability; plausibility
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furtive
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secretive; surreptitious
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wryly
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ironically humorous
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hieroglyphic
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written in constitution or belonging to a system or writing mainly in pictorial characters especially associated with ancient Egyptians
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adamant
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unyielding; inflexible
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sordid
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base; vile; filthy
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impertinence
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insolence; rudeness
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bovine
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of- relating to or resembling the ox or cow
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martyred
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sacrificed for the sake of principle; constantly suffering
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persecuted
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harassed; made to suffer because of one's beliefs
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notoriety
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the state of being widely and unfavorably known
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stealthily
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secretively; slyly
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purloined
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appropriated wrongfully; stolen
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irascible
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marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger; cranky
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pinioned
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disabled or restrained by binding the arms; shackled
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staccato
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abrupt; disjointed; disconnected primarily sound/movement
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garishly
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glaringly; flashily; gaudily
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stolidly
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unemotionally
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apprehensive
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fearful; filled with anxiety |
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