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acrimony
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Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility.
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affinity
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Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship.
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ambivalent
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Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive.
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cessation
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A stopping, either final or temporary.
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emaciated
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very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny.
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enclave
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A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory.
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engender
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To bring into being, to produce.
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exacerbate
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To make more severe, bitter, or violent.
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illicit
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No allowed, improper, or unlawful.
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indigenous
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Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native.
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inexorable
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Not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless.
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infatuated
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Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.
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insatiable
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Never satisfied; greedy.
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poignant
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Painfully moving, affecting, or touching.
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proselytize
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To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.
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