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careful about what one says or does; keeping secrets when necessary.
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discreet
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without success; having or showing too high an opinion of oneself, one's looks or one's abilities.
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vain
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to trouble with requests or demands; urge repeatedly.
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importuned
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circumstance thought to be unjust or harmful and a basis for complaint or resentment.
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grievance
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having a very bad reputation; very bad or wicked.
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infamous
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to swear or promise earnestly to give up; to deny earnestly or an oath.
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forsworn
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one's usual frame of mind or natural disposition.
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temperament
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being a sign of something about to happen, especially something bad; marvelous; amazing.
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portentous
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the ability to share in another's thought, emotions or feelings in order to understand a person better.
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empathy
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anyone or anything that it seems will surely defeat or thwart one; one's enemy.
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nemesis
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