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Prostrate
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To cast (oneself)face down on the geound in humility, submisssion, or adoration.
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Interlude
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an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
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Reprieve
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to delay the impending punishment or sentence (of a condemend person)
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rations
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a fixed allowance of provisions of food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a food shortage
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Dysentery
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an infectous desiese marked by inflammation of and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diareahha that becomes mucous and hemmorhagic
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Robust
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srong and healthy; hardy; vigourous
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Quarantine
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a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disesase
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