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feebleminded person.
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imbecile.
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the face, especially as it reveals character.
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physiognomy.
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narrow inlet of the sea.
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fiord.
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bulging outward.
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protuberant.
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an intimiate, exculsive group of followers.
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coterie.
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an agent of revenge or retribution. (5)
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nemesis.
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happening every two years.
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biennial.
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so fine as to be transparent, sheer.
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diaphanous.
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the role of a naive girl in a play.
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ingenue.
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under a vow to remain unmarried.
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celibate.
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slow-witted; stupid.
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obtuse.
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a recessed door or window opening.
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embrasure.
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extremely cold; icy.
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gelid.
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unduly confident.
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overweening.
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the outermost layer of the skin.
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epidermis.
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a whirlpool or tornado.
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vortex.
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belief that events are not under man's own control.
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fatalism.
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a small bag filled with perfumed powders.
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sachet.
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dazzlingly bright; radiant.
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fulgent.
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to proclaim officially.
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promulgate.
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speed; quickness.
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celerity.
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formed of separate parts.
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composite.
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an offspring; particulary one of wealthy or important parents. (8)
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scion.
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a government edict or decree.
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ukase.
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a private meeting to make political plans.
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caucus.
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full of self importance; pompous.
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fustian.
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no longer in style; outdated. (5)
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outmoded.
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a friendly or good-humored remark.
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pleasantry.
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to beg earnestly and persistently.
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importune.
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a hackneyed expression.
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bromide.
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a hard-shelled sea creature.
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crustacean.
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outwardly apparent; inteneded for display.
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ostensible.
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state of perfect blessedness. (10)
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nirvana.
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a person's bearing or manner.
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mien.
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a relationship by blood; kinship.
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consanguinity.
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to season by steeping in a prepared soultion.
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marinate.
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to treat with fumes as to destroy pest.
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fumigate.
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to cut in order to examine.
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dissect.
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intermarriage between people of different races.
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miscegenation.
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a winding sheet for a dead body.
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shroud.
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a tax on imported goods.
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tariff.
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without definite form; shapeless.
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amorphous.
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shortness of duration or extent.
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brevity.
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to indulge oneself to excess.
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wallow.
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a representative or agent. (15)
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emissary.
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a caretaker of a church.
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sexton.
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a prediction of the course of a disease.
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prognosis.
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touching upon; adjoining.
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contiguous.
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self-control; calmness of mind.
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composure.
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to bear fruit.
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fructify.
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to bring into being; to produce.
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generate.
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shrill and discordant.
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strident.
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an eskimo canoe with a convered top.
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kayak.
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wreckage floating on the sea. (13)
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flotsam.
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to come as a natural result.
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accrue.
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people of high social standing in the community.
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gentry.
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