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115 Cards in this Set
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cloister
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confine, seclude
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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churlish
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rude, boorish
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coalesce
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to cause to become one
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chasten
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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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chicanery
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trickery, fraud
"The governor ordered an audit to investigate alleged financial chicanery" |
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caustic
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sarcastically biting, burning
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to carp
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to find fault, complain
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canard
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false, deliberately misleading story
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callous
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thick-skinned, insensitive
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; slander
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buttress
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to reinforce; support
"the critics buttressed their case by..." |
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quibble
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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
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query
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to ask
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qualm
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sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions
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qualified
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limited, restricted
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quail
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to cower, lose heart
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quagmire
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marsh; difficult situation
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pungent
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strong or sharp in smell or taste;
penetrating; caustic; to the point |
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fetid
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putrid
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proselytize
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to convert (someone)
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stark
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characterized by strong contrast
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limpid
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transparent (stream) , serene and untroubled
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buoy
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to keep afloat
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rapprochement
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the establishment or state of cordial relations
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unconscionable
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not guided or controlled by conscience
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iconoclastic
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against tradition/establishment
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chagrined
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embarrassed, ashamed
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cede
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to give up or yield, transfer title
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proscribe
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forbid, prohibit as harmful
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forswear
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abjure
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prevarication
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lying
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cant
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tilt
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to lull
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to calm down
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plebeian
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crude, coarse, characteristic of a commoner
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judicious
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sensible, showing good judgement
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antagonize
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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pithy
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insightful yet concise
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invective
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abusive language
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abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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ostensible
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supposed, apparent
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castigate
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punish, criticize harshly
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plastic
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moldable, malleable
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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requite
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return, repay
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inquest
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investigation, inquiry
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licentious
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immoral, unrestrained by society
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exalt
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to elevate by praise, glorify
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prosaic
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ordinary
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denude
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to deprive of sth important;
to expose (deprive of covering) |
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motley
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composed of diverse, often incongruous elements
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insensible
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unaware;
unconscious |
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to alloy
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to add impurities
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wayward
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following one's own capricious inclinations, unpredictable
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dereliction
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neglect, abandonment
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fatuous
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complacently or inanely foolish
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relent
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to become less severe;
to cease resistance |
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compendious
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concise and comprehensive
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guile
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cunning, deceipt
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decorous
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marked by propriety and good taste
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guffaw
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loud Sarnak laughter
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arcanum
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mysterious and specialized knowledge; information only accessible to the initiate
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contrite
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sorrowful, repentant
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querulous
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inclined to argue, complain, fight
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distend
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to swell or inflate
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wanton
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reckless, unrestrained, undisciplined
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umbrage
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resentment; offense
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chauvinist
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prejudiced in favor of their own group
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jocular
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humorous, playful
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kindle
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to ignite (also metaphorically)
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dissemble
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dissimulate
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful
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vicissitudes
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ups and downs
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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imbue
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to impart a certain property to someone or something
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lumber
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to move awkwardly and slowly
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ominous
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being or exhibiting an omen : portentous; especially : foreboding or foreshadowing evil
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subversion
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: the act of subverting : the state of being subverted; especially : a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within
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fob off
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1 : to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute
2 : to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine |
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chaff
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1 : the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
2 : something comparatively worthless |
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vortex
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1 : something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish vortex of battle — Time>
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uncanny
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1 a : seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie, mysterious b : being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers <an uncanny sense of direction>
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unconscionable
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not guided or controlled by conscience: unscrupulous
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bathos
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the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style
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kowtow
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to show obsequious deference
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coddle
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to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper
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sly
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wise in practical affairs b : displaying cleverness : ingenious; clever in concealing one's aims or ends
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galvanize
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to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically <galvanize a muscle> b : to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock <an issue that would galvanize public opinion>
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mettle
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vigor and strength of spirit or temperament b : staying quality : stamina
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ilk
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sort, kind
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sobriquet
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nickname
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turgid
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swollen as from a fluid
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grovel
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to humble oneself in a demeaning way
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fatuous
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foolishly self-satisfied
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coffer
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money box
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impugn
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to call into question, attack verbally
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fortuitous
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happening by chance, fortunate
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apocryphal
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of questionable authenticity
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cosset
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to pamper
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bevy
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group
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imprecation
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a curse (in sense of swearing)
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sportive
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frolicsome or playful
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impervious
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impenetrable, immune, unable to be affected by
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indolent
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habitually lazy or idle
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knell
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ominous tolling of a bell
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divest
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to deprive or dispossess
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malinger
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to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness
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sidereal
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relating to stars
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rend
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to split or tear in pieces
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table
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postpone for future consideration
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength
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deride
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to ridicule
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disabuse
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to free from error or misconception
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abase
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to humiliate, to disgrace
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sedition
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behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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