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solicitous
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showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
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blase'
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indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures
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deplore
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to feel or express regret or disaproval
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bolster
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to support, give a boost to; a long pillow orcushion; a supporting post
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prone
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lying face down; inclined, likely
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recourse
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a personor thing turned to fer help or advice; theact of seeking help or protection
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frivolous
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of little importance, not worthy of seirous attention; not ment seriously
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sustain
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to support. nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
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peruse
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to read thoroughly and carefully
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residue
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a renainder, that which remains when a part has been used up on or removed
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nonentity
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a person or thing of no importance
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qualm
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a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
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annul
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to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void
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muster
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to bring togetherfor service or battle; to gather or summon; to amountto comprise, include; a list of men for military service; a gathering accumulation
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porous
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full of tiny holes; able to be penentrated by air or water
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staid
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srious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
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obsess
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to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
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oust
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to remove, drive out of a position or place
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ornate
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elaborateky decirated; showily splendid
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promontory
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a high point of land extending into water
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