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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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not 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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