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abasement
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the state of being humbled or humiliated
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noun
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Achilles' Heel
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one's vulnerable spot
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noun
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apprise
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to teach; inform
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verb
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crocodile tears
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insincere tears or a hypocritical show of grief. ( from an old belief that crocodiles shed tears while eating their prey.)
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noun
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categorically
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with out qualifications or conditions; absolute;explicit
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adverb
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efface
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to rub out; erase; wipe out
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verb
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entreat
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to beg
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verb
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hapless
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unfortunate; unlucky
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adj.
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impalpable
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cannot be felt by touching; too subtle to grasp by the mind
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adj.
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travesty
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a crude distorted or ridiculous representation (of something)
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noun
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kismet
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fate; destiny
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noun
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stentorian
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very loud
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adj.
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mores
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folkways that are considered conducive to the welfare of society and develop the force of law often becoming part of the formal legal code.
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noun
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queue
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a line or file of persons waiting to be served
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noun
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mecca
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any place visited by many people; any place one yearns to go
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noun
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stoicism
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indifference to pleasure or pain
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noun
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sans
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without ; lacking
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preposition (french)
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pedestrian
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lacking interest or imagination; ordinary and dull
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adj.
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vestige
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a trace mark or sign of something that once existed but has passed away or disappeared
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noun
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truculent
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fierce; cruel; savage
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adj.
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