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causing great injury, destruction, or ruin.
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pernicious
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the ritual of pouring out wine or oil upon the ground as a sacrifice to a god.
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libation
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a small fleet or a fleet of small ships.
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flotilla
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producing a sharp sensation of taste or smell; very keen and direct; keenly clever.
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pungent
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to drive back or repel; to act torward in a cold and unfriendly way; to be repulsive or disgusting.
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repulse
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island off the west coast of Greece; legendary home of Odysseus.
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Ithaca
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to rob by force; goods taken by force or fraud.
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plunder
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arrogant; domineering; urgent; necessary.
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imperious
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dreamy thinking, especially about pleasant things; a dreamy, unrealistic notion.
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reverie
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having a twisted, strange, unrealistic appearance, shape, etc; bizarre, funny, or absurd.
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grotesque
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