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Entourage
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A group of attendants or processions usually with a celebrity or royalty
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Resolve
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to reconcile a fight or difference; break up; to separate
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Doughty
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adj. someone with a fearless resolution; brave
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Crest
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A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal; A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet
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Ostracize
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Exile; banish
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Convivial
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adj. someone who likes to party; Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable
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Furbelow
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A ruffle on a garment; a piece of showy ornamentation
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Disfigure
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To spoil the appearance or shape of something or someone; deform
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Gullible
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Someone who could be easily fooled or tricked or duped
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Crony
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A longtime close friend or companion
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Repel
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To resist or push away
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Luxuriant
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producing in abundance; excessively florid; displaying luxury
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Hermit
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A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse
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Inveigle
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To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk; to lure someone
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Sinister
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Evil; likely to cause disaster
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Wasteland
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Land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged; an era or aspect of life that is without humanizing qualities
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Affect
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to influence something or someone; to emotionally touch or move someone; to act in an artificial manner
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Benign
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Beneficial; showing gentleness and kindness; mild
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Cavalcade
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A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages (related to a cavalry or a horse); also a procession or series e.g. cavalcade of Bollywood movies
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Enhance
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To increase or improve
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Unflinching
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Showing neither fear nor indecision; not intimidated; resolute; doughty
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Ploy
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An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver or trick in a game
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Infect
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To cause infection; to contaminate or pollute
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Stark
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Harsh; blunt e.g. stark language; harsh or grim e.g. stark future
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Retinue
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entourage; a body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc.
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