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abject
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degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
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agnostic
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one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical
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complicity
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involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglecteful of duty
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diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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a crude image of a despised person
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equity
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the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
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inane
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silly, empty of meaning or value
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indictment
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the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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indubitable
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certain, not to be doubted or denied
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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moot
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open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
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motif
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a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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neophyte
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a new convert, beginner, novice
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perspicacity
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keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
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sylvan
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pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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testy
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easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
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travesty
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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposit sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
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