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one who assists a priest; an altar boy
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acolyte
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a fondness or attraction for
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affinity
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dull and commonplace; trite
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banal
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to predict; to tell the future
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prognosticate
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a clever or witty comment
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quip
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a legally granted delay on the payment of debts
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moratorium
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something believed to bring good luck
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talisman
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lacking taste or flavor
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insipid
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a narrow crack or split
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crevice
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to dress or adorn gaudily
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bedizen
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to hand over (a lawbreaker) to another state
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extradite
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wreckage floating on the sea
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flotsam
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to set forth; to propose
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propound
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a small pouchlike growth
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cyst
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light and filmy
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gossamer
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a published notice of a person's death
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obituary
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without being able to communicate with others
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incommunicado
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twilight; dusk
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gloaming
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untruthfulness; lying
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mendacity
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to treat as godlike
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deify
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a storyteller
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raconteur
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coming from the same source; related
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cognate
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prayers held over a nine-day period
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novena
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to wash
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lave
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uplifting; giving nobility to
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ennobling
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a leader who appeals to the prejudices of the people
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demagogue
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of or relating to a state governor
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gubernatorial
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use of words imitative of natural sounds
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onomatopoeia
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a bride's outfit of clothes and accessories
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trousseau
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an improper act
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impropriety
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of or like a wolf
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lupine
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to treat or regard as a celebrity
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lionize
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a welcome benefit; a blessing
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boon
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a thorny bush
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brier
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to put oil on
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anoint
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a representative or agent
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emissary
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one who uncontrollably craves alcohol
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dipsomaniac
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the establishment of friendly relations
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rapprochement
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to consider; to believe
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deem
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a selfish belief in one's own importance
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egoism
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small in amount; scanty
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exiguous
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a drug that soothes and induces sleep
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narcotic
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supposedly able to perceive things not present ordinarily to the senses
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clairvoyant
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a person devoted to luxury and pleasure
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sybarite
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one who takes more than one spouse
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polygamist
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unaccustomed
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unwonted
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a reverting back to the traits of one's ancestors
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atavism
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easily led
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ductile
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of or relating to the stars
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stellar
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creating ruin; very harmful
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baneful
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a fever marked by chills
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ague
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one of the divisions of a long poem
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canto
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