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anathema

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something or someone loathed

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ancillary

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subsidiary, subordinate

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anomie

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instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose

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antipodal

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being exactly opposite

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apocryphal

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false, spurious

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apostasy

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abandonment of a loyalty or religion

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assiduous

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hardworking, busy, diligent

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bacchanal

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a drunken reveler or orgy

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bathos

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turning from illustrious to commonplace, trite

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belie

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to counter, show something as false

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besmirch

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to stain or soil (reputation)

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bilious

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ill-tempered, cranky, angry

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bivouac

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a temporary encampment

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bon vivant

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someone who enjoys luxurious living

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bowdlerize

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to censor prudishly

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brook

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to tolerate

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bumptious

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pushy, conceited, noisily self-assertive

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byzantine

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extremely intricate or complicated in structure

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cabal

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a secret group or conspirators, a clique

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cachet

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a mark of distinction or quality

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calumny

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slander, deliberate false statements

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castigate

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to punish, chastise, criticize severely

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catacylsm

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a violent upheaval, an earthquake, a flood

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cavil

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to quibble, to raise trivial objections

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chary

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careful, cautious, wary

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chicanery

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deception or trickery

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chimerical

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wildly fanciful, absurd

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circumlocution

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wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression

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clout

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influence, a forceful blow

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cogitate

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to ponder over, to mediate, to think

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comport

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to behave

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compunction

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remorse, feeling uneasy after having done something

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concomitant

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accompanying, attending, going along with

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cortege

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a procession, a group or attendants

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debacle

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a disaster or violent breakdown

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decimate

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to kill or destroy a large part of

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depredate

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to prey upon, to plunder with violence if necessary

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descry

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to discern, to catch sight of

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diaspora

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dispersion of a people with a common origin

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dichotomy

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division into two often contradictory parts

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dilettante

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a dabbler, someone with a superficial knowledge (of the arts)

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discomfit

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to confuse, to deceive

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disquiet

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to make uneasy

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doggerel

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comic, sometimes crude, informal verse

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dossier

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a file of documents, letters and records

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draconian

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sever, exceedingly harsh

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dulcet

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having a nice, agreeable, melodious sound

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effete

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exhausted, lost vitality, overrefined

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elan

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vigor, distinctive, elegant style

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elliptical

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obscure in expression

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encomium

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a eulogy or expression of high praise

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endemic

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native, belonging to a specific region

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ensconce

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to settle in snugly, to hide securely

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ersatz

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an inferior substitute

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espy

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to glimpse, to descry, to catch sight of

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exigent

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urgent, demands prompt action

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extirpate

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to rip up by the roots, to abolish, to annihilate

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facetious

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humorous, joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner

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fauna

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animals

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feckless

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lacking responsibility, ineffective

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fecund

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fertile, productive, fruitful

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fetter

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to impede, restrain, hamper

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fey

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otherwordly, magical, "touched"

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flagellate

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to whip, or to punish by whipping

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foment

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to stir up, to incite

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forswear

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retract, renounce or recant

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fusillade

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a rapid outbust, spray of gunfire

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gainsay

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to deny, to speak or act against

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gamin

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a street urchin, a slim girl with an impish charm

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garrulous

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talkative

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gestalt

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a structure, whose parts cannot stand alone

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gesticulate

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to gesture, esp. when speaking

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gird

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to invest with authority, to brace

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halitosis

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bad breath

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hidebound

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excessively rigid, dry and stiff, inflexible

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histronic

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overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected

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homeopathy

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a system of natural healing

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husbandry

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the judicious use of resources, livestock farming

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imbroglio

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a difficult and confused situation, a complicated disagreement

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impecunious

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penniless

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impervious

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impenetrable

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impugn

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to attack the integrity of something

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inchoate

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just beginning, disorderly, incomplete

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iniquitous

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evil, unjust

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insouciant

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nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned

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interregnum

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period between two successive governments, a pause in a continuing series

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inveterate

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habitual, deeply rooted or established

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itinerant

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moving from place to place

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juggernaut

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a massive, unstoppable object

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junta

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a small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat