Vocabualry Units 7-11

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counterpart

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a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

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effrontery

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shameless boldness, impudence

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ephemeral

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lasting only a short time, short-lived

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felicitous

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appropriate, apt, well chose; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

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allay

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to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

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furtive

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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty

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coterie

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a circle of acquantances; a close-knit, often exclusive group of people with a common interest

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embellish

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to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

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demur

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to object or take exception to; (n) an objection

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convivial

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with life; festive, sociable, genial

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bestial

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beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

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raiment

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clothing, garments

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garish

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glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated ini a bulgar or offensive way

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misanthrope

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a person who hates or despises people

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indigent

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needy, impoverish

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picayune

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of little value or importance, paltry, measly; convernced with trifling matters, small-minded

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pertinacious

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very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

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wraith

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a ghostly apparition, specter

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inordinate

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far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

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threshold

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the board or stone that lies under a door, sill; the place or point of entering or beginning, outset

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illusory

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misleading, deceptive; lacking or not based on reality

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jettison

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to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

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echelon

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a level of command; a steplike formation

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irrefutable

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that cannot be disproved; beyond argument

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allege

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to assert without proof or confirmation

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fatuous

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stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

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lackadaisical

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lacking spirit or interest, half-hearted

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juggernaut

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a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

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exacerbate

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to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful

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conciliate

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to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify

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arrant

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thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

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countermand

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to cancel, or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

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saturnine

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of gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

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litany

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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; a long list

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macabre

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grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

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substantive

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pertianing to the essence or substance of something; existing in itsown right; real, not apparent; solid; of major importance

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recant

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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

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paucity

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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

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raze

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to demolish

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portend

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to indicate befroehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

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melange

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a mixture, medley

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saturate

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to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisy fully

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slough

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to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through or as if through mud

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imperturbable

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not easily excited; emotionally steady

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paroxysm

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a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion

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increment

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an enlargement, increase, addition

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collusion

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secret agreement or coorperation

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dilettante

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a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way

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acclamation

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a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval

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bucolic

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characteristic of teh countryside, rural, rustic

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paltry

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trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable, interior, trashy

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calumniate

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to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously

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mandate

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an authoritative command, formal order, authorization

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chary

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extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow with; reserved, diffident

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shibboleth

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a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying, truism

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refulgent

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shing, radiant, resplendent

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tyro

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a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill

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peregrination

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the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country

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redolent

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fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura

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proffer

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to present or offer

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pedantry

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a pretentious display of knowledge

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profane

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impure, defiled

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unremitting

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not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless

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vituperative

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harshly abusive, severly scolding

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vacillate

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to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another

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fraught

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full of or loaded with; accompanied by

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benign

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gently, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

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attenuate

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to make thin or slender; to weaken

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cavil

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to find fault in a petty way, carp

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foible

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weak point, failin, minor flaw

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charlatan

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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quak

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concomitant

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accompanying; occuring concurrently

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askance

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with suspicion, mistrust or disapproval

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decimate

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to kill or destroy

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concatenation

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a linking together in a sequence; a chain

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forgo

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to do without, abstain from, give up

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shambles

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a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion

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peremptory

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having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial or refusal

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inure

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to toughen, harden; to ender used to something by long subjection or exposure

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penitent

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regretful for one's sins or mistakes

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obsequious

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maked by slavish attentiveness; excessibely submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons

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sporadic

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occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

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rebuff

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to snub; to repel, drive away

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reconnoiter

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to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

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oscillate

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to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver

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luminous

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emitting or reflecting light, flowing; illuminating

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obtuse

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blunt, not coming to a point

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burnish

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to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm

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delectable

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delightful, delicious

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abrogate

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to repeal, cancel

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asperity

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roughness, severity

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detritus

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loose bits and peices of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away

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desuetude

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disuse, the state of being discontinued

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ambient

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completely surrounding

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cabal

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a small group working in secret

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deprecate

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to express mild disapproval; to belittle

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eclectic

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drawn from different sources

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sequester

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to set apart, seperate for a special purpose

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moribund

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dying, on the way out

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necromancer

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one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic; magician

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winnow

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to get rid of something unwanted; delete

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flaccid

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limp, not firm

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rife

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common, prevalent

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inexorable

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beyong influence; relentless; unyielding

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onerous

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burdensome, oppressive

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emanate

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to proceed or some forth from some point of origin

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impecunious

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having little or no money

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rudiments

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the parts of any subject or discipling that are first learned; basics

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tyro

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beginner, novice